"dselect" replacement project ("deity") (original) (raw)

It is my pleasure to announce the formation of the dselect replacement project, code-named "deity". The project will be made up of the following 7 people:

Project Leader: Brian White bcwhite@verisim.com

Chief Programmer: Peter Iannarelli peter@pisys.com

Mechanic(*):      Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
 - Low-level class and library design

Dpkg Consultant:  Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
 - Expert on compatibility with existing dpkg, dependency algorithms, etc.

Web Designer:     Mark Constable <markc@vv.com.au>
 - Work on HTML and CGI interfaces

Chief Designer: Behan Webster behanw@verisim.com - Screen layout, ease of use, final say on "user interface"

Documentation:    Che Fox <che@imsa.edu>
 - high & low level design docs, idea tracking, user manuals

(*) Someone who likes to work on low-level "engines". (I get called this. :-)

A new list "deity@lists.debian.org" has been created with these people subscribed to it. I'm sure I speak for the whole team when I say that we would like to hear everybody's ideas for this new tool. As the design progresses, we will be presenting it back to the devel & user lists for feedback.

About the people:

the difference between theory and practice is less in theory than in practice

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