Linked by David Adams on Fri 18th Apr 2008 16:17 UTC, submitted by da_Chicken
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2005-07-24
Yes. Back before they had competition in their own back yard, the list-bickering escalated to excessive proportions. And release times seemed to increase in proportion to the amount of bickering, as did the frequency of use of the "It's ready when it's ready/Debian devs are perfectionists" defense. Aside from a rather nasty spat of bickering relatively late in the development cycle of Etch, which involved a formal vote on the impeachment of the current DPL, among other unpleasantries, list-bickering was greatly decreased, and the release cycle was remarkably short (for Debian). And, wonder of wonders, I've not heard complaints about the quality of Etch, so I guess Etch was "ready when it's ready" rather sooner than its predecessors.
Edited 2008-04-19 18:27 UTC