Debian Project News - April 21st, 2008

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Debian Project News - April 21st, 2008
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Welcome to the first issue of the Debian Project News, the newsletter
for the Debian community! From now on we'll keep you informed about
recent events and interesting developments in and around the Debian
Community on a biweekly basis. But we could still use some help, so
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New Debian Project Leader elected
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After 12 years of working on Debian as a developer [2]Steve McIntyre
was elected as the new Debian project leader. Within short hours of
taking the job Steve had his first [3]interview with iTWire where he
plans to focus his energy during his term. The interview highlights
Steve's hopes to improve communication between the core teams, get
Lenny out in the second half of 2008 and encourage greater
participation in the project.

When asked how Steve will know if he has done a good job this year he
replied, "I'll know I've done a good job if Debian is in a better
shape: More efficient, more people having fun, more people working on
the core tasks that are needed. I want to see Lenny released inside our
target window. Beyond that, I'll just have to trust to judgement - my
own and those of my peers. I know that's a little wishy-washy, but it's