Thu, 28 Apr 2011
What it's like to do Debian Press Work
A few days ago I did an interview for the People Behind Debian series that, among other things, covered my Debian press work and asked what it's like to do that kind of work for Debian. Here's a little addendum:
Sometimes Debian Press Work is great: All these people do all this amazing stuff and it's a pure pleasure to talk about it. Our last release was such an experience for example. I was clamped to my laptop for almost 20 hours straight and I had a great time! There was this great common feeling of community, achievement and pride in our work and I was proud and happy to be a part of it.
And then there are times like the last few days, where Alex and I went
South for 4.5 precious and long-awaited days of vacation and ended up
spending the first two of them working on an obituary for a dear and
much valued member of our community and once this was done spent the
remaining days of our holidays nervously watching the net and drafting and
re-drafting press announcements because some <bleep> thought
it might be oh-so-hilarous to send out faked cease and desist
orders to a Debian user, ostensibly as a funny
prank but along the
way causing a huge amount of completely unsubstantiated FUD that we'll
probably spend weeks clearing up.
Somewhere in between these events is what Debian press work is like.
Posted at: 17:54 in /english/debian
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