Ean Schuessler wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> As everyone is aware, there has been plenty of debate about how Debian is 
> losing popularity. At the same time, the overall number of .deb packages 
> installed in the world is just going up and up and up. The "problem" is that 
> these .debs are often installed by a Debian derivative distribution. Some 
> people think this is good, some people think this is bad. The one thing we 
> can say for sure is that it is causing lots more .debs to be installed.
> 
> We want to grow our base of users and developers. We also want to insure that 
> when people install .debs that they are truly getting a Debian experience. 
> Perhaps one way that we can have our cake and eat it to is by helping to 
> promote Debian derivatives that don't break the overall experience and work 
> with us in a happy and productive way.
> 
> This is how the Eclipse project works with their derivatives. Maybe we can 
> borrow some ideas from them?
> 
> http://www.eclipse.org/membership/special_programs/member-downloads-program.php

Err?  What exactly are you proposing?

Regards,

        Joey

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