On Fri, 2024-07-26 at 23:12 +0100, Ian Molton wrote: > Michael, that was not a personal attack. I am in no doubt that you > personally try to help. > > The statistics for this list, however, are public record. And they > are > indeed of concern. > > Like so many open source projects, Debian is clearly showing a loss > of > community, and whilst it continues to be a solid pillar of the > internet > generally, it appears to be increasingly maintained by a smaller > (proportionally) group as time goes by, with less community > engagement.
What you say makes perfect sense. I have already argued along this line. There are some here who fail to understand that this kind of project is different, and not to be `organised' along conventional lines. It is a *community* project, and gains its vitality from the vitality of that community. The community has lost its vitality, so the project suffers. You can't split the one aspect from the other. At one time, this list literally raged! There were discussions on all sorts of things, far beyond Debian, but it was a vibrant community. And the project benefited from that vibrancy. Now, it is politically correct. The difference is observable. That difference is a yawning gulf. But there are those who insist this is the way forward, in a situation where the OpenBSD list has more life to it. Let it go. Enjoy what we have while it lasts. Cheers! >
