Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Jan 2009 13:48 UTC
"The developers behind the Debian Linux distribution are preparing for the upcoming release of Debian 5, which is codenamed Lenny. The decision to move forward with the release follows a contentious vote over whether to permit the inclusion of binary blobs in the new version of the distribution. Consensus coalesced around a controversial proposal to "assume blobs comply with the GPL unless proven otherwise."
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I don't really think it reflects a fallen status, it's just quieter. There is just a lot less whinging from Debian users. That's left to Ubuntu/Et al.
As far as the dev's go i think it's important that they're discussing these things. It's not easy to run a totally pure system unless you make sacrifices but it should remain the primary goal of Debian without question.
The biggest complaint i've had with firmware personally was iwl5100 firmware isn't in the 2.6.26 kernel lenny will be released with. To fix this i had to add sidux repos to update the kernel for a new laptop.
As far as server builds go Lenny's current RC has been a rock. Since the last installer update i haven't had an issue with new installs.
At the moment it's looking like Lenny will release close to two years after the original Etch release (April 2007 i think it was) Those who stuck with Etch have had kernel updates and some major revisions since then. I tend to find the 6 month update cycle of other distro's to border on attention whoring.