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by kzrdude 3821 days ago
I hope we get more clarity in the long run. I don't think his legacy is at risk in any way, Debian is a great monument in itself, and thousands of us in the foss world and those relying on it know this.

I never knew him, but I'm still very saddened by this loss.

I don't know what happened, and I ask myself why it could have went so wrong. Is the despair and feeling of injustice that much larger when you are an idealist?

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> Is the despair and feeling of injustice that much larger when you are an idealist?

The feeling is what the feeling is when you're deep in the shit. Idealist, mentor, nice guy, none of that matters. He was a man in crisis and didn't come out the other end. Maybe we'll know why some day.