Re: Something to fix on the Debian "children distro" page
On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:57:38 -0700
Larry Cafiero <lcafiero@lavabit.com> wrote:
> Hi there --
>
> I'm not sure this is the right place to send this e-mail, and if it
> isn't, I'm hoping that you can forward it to whomever can fix this.
>
> On your Software Distributions Based on Debian page here:
>
> http://www.debian.org/misc/children-distros
>
> CrunchBang is not listed as one of your "children," and I think it
> should be.
>
> I copied Philip Newborough, the lead developer of CrunchBang, on this
> e-mail because he might be able to give specifics on the history. Since
> I started using CrunchBang in mid-2011, CrunchBang has been based on
> Debian, after starting out a couple of years before that as an
> Ubuntu-based distro (Philip would have the exact date, if you need it).
> I don't have specifics, but I know many in the wider CrunchBang
> community contribute to, and participate in, Debian, and in my opinion
> (not to mention observing statements in the CrunchBang forums) it is a
> source of pride that CrunchBang is part of the Debian family.
>
> I would be willing to help write a paragraph if necessary to fix this
> page to include CrunchBang. The "About CrunchBang" site is at:
>
> http://crunchbang.org/about/
>
>
Hi Larry, and thanks for your interest in improving the debian.org
website.
I put together a patch for webwml, with infos copied from the #!
"about" page you referred to earlier. If the debian-www team would
approve it, it will be present on the d.o/misc/children-distros page.
The paragraph contains a note referring to wiki.d.o page for
CrunchBang, which will need to be created and completed with
information about the distribution. Please do so, as you don't need any
special membership for that, being a wiki.
Both -www and CrunchBang teams: feel free to modify the patch as you
wish, before committing it into the CVS tree.
Cc'ed Philip too on this one, as I don't know if he subscribed
meanwhile.
Cheers,
--
. o . Victor Nițu
. . o debian.org.ro
o o o nightsh @OFTC
Index: children-distros.wml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/misc/children-distros.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.90
diff -u -2 -r1.90 children-distros.wml
--- children-distros.wml 24 Dec 2012 09:29:37 -0000 1.90
+++ children-distros.wml 8 Apr 2013 18:59:43 -0000
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@
<li><a href="#collax">Collax</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#crunchbang">CrunchBang</a></li>
+
<li><a href="#damnsmall">Damn Small Linux</a></li>
@@ -198,4 +200,23 @@
# Status: ACTIVE
+<h2><a name="crunchbang">CrunchBang</a></h2>
+<p><a href="http://crunchbang.org/";>CrunchBang</a> is a Debian GNU/Linux
+based distribution offering a great blend of speed, style and substance.
+Using the nimble Openbox window manager, it is highly customisable and provides
+a modern, full-featured GNU/Linux system without sacrificing performance.
+</p><p>
+The primary aim of the CrunchBang project is to produce a stable distribution
+offering the best possible out-of-the-box Openbox experience. To achieve this
+goal, CrunchBang pulls many base packages directly from Debian's repositories,
+which are well-known for providing stable and secure software. Packages from
+CrunchBang's own repositories are then customised and pinned to the system to
+produce what is known as the CrunchBang distro.
+</p><p>
+Put simply; CrunchBang could be thought of as a layer built on top of Debian,
+specifically to provide a great Openbox experience.</p>
+
+<p><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/CrunchBang";>More info...</a></p>
+
+# Status: ACTIVE
# REVIEWED 2007-06 - now known as "Collax" bug 325698
<h2><a name="collax">Collax</a></h2>
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