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Lucas Nussbaum
Personal blog · lucas-nussbaum.net/blogsystemsprogramming
Lucas Nussbaum's personal blog at lucas-nussbaum.net covers systems and programming. Since 2010, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Ruby packaging in Debian and Ubuntu: Mythbusting and FAQ”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Lucas Nussbaum's posts as the Debian position on disputes, such as the Debian Ruby packaging controversy, the FHS and Firefox branding issue, and his mythbusting and FAQ post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Lucas Nussbaum's Homepage
Most-linked posts?
- Ruby packaging in Debian and Ubuntu: Mythbusting and FAQ3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-09-13
- /blog/?p=6812 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-05-29
What Hacker News says?
The reasons I would cite: the Ruby development community leaves a lot to be desired from a sysadmin's perspective. We went through similar pains with Perl, but they're mostly a decade or two behind us. With Ruby, there are multiple concurrently maintained trees, it's hard to sort which one should be "primary" on a system, and you have to do a lot of serious grokkage to understand that RVM isn't really intended for m…
Comment linking /blog/?p=681
on “Why I Use Perl: Reliability”Submitted The Linux 2.5, Ruby 1.9 and Python 3 release management anti-pattern as a story · 157 points
HN discussionDo you mean what is covered at https://lwn.net/Articles/423732/ ? I don't think that makes Nussbaum look bad at all. A few months after that fracas, Debian actually made several changes to address Rubyist's concerns; see http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=681
Comment linking /blog/?p=681
on “New Debian Project Leader elected: Lucas Nussbaum”Submitted Giving up on Ruby packaging as a story · 92 points
HN discussionAck re: Firefox branding. However the FHS stuff was also part of it - see post from a Mozillian here: http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=211
Comment linking /blog/?p=211
on “10gen is now MongoDB, Inc.”Submitted Ruby packaging in Debian and Ubuntu: Mythbusting and FAQ as a story · 8 points
HN discussionYou know, maybe somebody would want to know the Debian POV on this issue: * http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=566 * http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=575 Debian is all about stability and volunteer effort. Whining is not going to fix things.
Comment linking /blog/?p=575
on “Making Debian Responsible For Its Actions”Submitted Debian is still changing as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIt might be worth re-evaluating this rant in the light of Lucas Nussbaum's (Debian Ruby maintainer) recent "mythbusting and FAQ" post: http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=566
Comment linking /blog/?p=566
on “Making Debian Responsible For Its Actions”Submitted How to demotivate people (Re: Making Debian Responsible For Its Actions) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted RVM (Ruby Version Manager): seriously? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lucas Nussbaum’s systemd Lecture Slides as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Jessie frozen, can Debian release before FOSDEM? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ruby packaging in Debian and Ubuntu: Mythbusting and FAQ as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tentative summary of the amendments of the Debian init system coupling GR as a story · 1 points
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