[Bas Wijnen] > I see many people saying that Debian is so rough, and luckily there's > D-W which is much better. While there may be some truth in this (I > do feel D-W is more friendly than Debian itself), I would be careful > with saying such things in public. Yeah, beware of self-fulfilling prophecy. Don't anyone be too surprised if you go around telling people Debian is scary and then later you hear people say "I'm so glad for debian-women because I heard Debian is scary." There's a fine line between warning people that the Debian Project is intimidating and unfriendly because it actually is, and warning people that the Project is intimidating and unfriendly so as to justify the existence of a subproject which is not. That would be FUD. If it ever turned out that debian-mentors, for example, was as friendly as debian-women, that'd be one less reason for the latter to exist. So I can see why people might be tempted to propagate the notion that Debian development is near-impossible to break into. I'd like to encourage everyone, before spreading this idea, to verify that it's as true as you think it is. Fortunately, I'm seeing quite the opposite from some people here. Fernanda and Erinn, for example, have dived into Debian development in ways I would have been frankly afraid to try when I had their levels of Debian and Unix experience. Not exactly the actions of people trying to show how scary the place is! (:
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