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Re:PipeWire 1.0.0 by mike_hock on Sunday November 26, 2023 @03:50PM (#38424912)
The decision in Debian didn't come that easily. The tech committee was locked in a filibuster over systemd for ages and the votes were 50-50. Then the chair cast his tie-breaker vote in favor of systemd and everyone on the other side flipped their shit.
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Re:PipeWire 1.0.0 by kaba0 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @03:58PM (#38424964)
The only remotely controversial option was whether they should “explore other alternatives” or not.
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Re:PipeWire 1.0.0 by mike_hock on Monday November 27, 2023 @05:48PM (#38439622)
Maybe when they held a referendum about it, but I remember the committee producing popcorn for years.
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