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Idea #32: Debian recognition day

Written by Veejay the 28 Feb 08 at 15:05. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Organize a web-based Debian Recognition/Appreciation Day every year. Doesn't have to be anything formal, but the Debian maintainers are a key factor to the huge success Ubuntu is experiencing these days and they deserve the props.
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Written by Veejay the 28 Feb 08 at 15:05.
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Alan Pope (Ubuntu developer) wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 15:41
..and an xorg appreciation day, firefox appreciation day, linux appreciation day, openoffice appreciation day...

Where do you stop?

Veejay wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 16:43
All those developers ALREADY get recognition, since their programs aren't being rebranded. Debian devs and maintainers on the other hand do a lot of work behind the scene with their fellow Ubuntu maintainers to create that awesome distribution we love, but get no recognition for the success of Ubuntu itself.

technolalia wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 16:52
I'm for this idea, as we get xorg, openoffice etc in the first place at the start of every development cycle by syncing with the debian repositories.

I think it needs to be more than recognition, something more practical, like submitting (debian-relevant) patches that Ubuntu has already incorporated.

andrewfenn wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:17
Why do you need Ubuntu to do this? Why don't you just start it yourself?

ebrahim wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 13:42
Ubuntu should do this, because Ubuntu is based on Debian!

Linuxratty wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 19:03
It sure is..Ubuntu is basically Debian on steroids...newbies need to know this.

jiu wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 13:50
well I don't think there's any point in comparing Debian's and Ubuntu's or Mozilla's merits or whoever has been producing high quality open source code. The fact that there is little love / competition between the communities is a problem that should not be there if people really made open source principles theirs.

schmichael wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 03:28
As a very happy Debian user I can fairly say I think Debian would just complain about this as well. ;-)

"Only 1 day?! We built their OS!"

Debian developers are... well developers. Just shares patches as quickly and usefully as possible. That will make them far happier than a silly "We remember you" day.

LostOverThere wrote on the 9 Mar 08 at 12:29
I think there should be a Debian recognition day.

Why a Debian day and not a Firefox day? Well, Ubuntu took Debian and changed code, etc. Nothing was really visibly changed with the Ubuntu "version" of Firefox.


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