Hey, On 10.07.24 18:28, Tony Walker wrote:
I am a new person who is moving from years and years as a Debian user. I found Tumbleweed and decided to (slowly) get involved. While I did appear out-of-blue, I am very unusual and agree with Shawn.
Leaving Debian for OpenSUSE was a long journey worth discussing, but the much looser structure and communication caused me to pause.
And why did you pause? :-)
I have seen the entire ecosystem benefit from formalization of communication, structure, and governance over the years. In my opinion, it was necessary for the entire Linux ecosystem to become the world-scale team-effort it is today. A lot of contributors and users find the stability of that structure very comforting.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by the "Linux ecosystem". However, let's assume you mean the Libre Software community. What formalization of "communication, structure, and governance" are you talking about? You already noticed that Debian and openSUSE have very different "communication, structure, and governance". Look at any other project and you will find more variation of "communication, structure, and governance". Each of those 3 topics is a very big and allows for countless variations for people to choose from. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson