The feeling among the established developers, however, seems to be that things are well as they are. The Debian Project needs developers who are committed, reliable, in agreement with Debian's philosophy, and in it for the long haul. The long process tests a lot of things, including the applicant's determination to join the project. Making the process easier will, it is said, just result in the admission of people who will not help Debian in the long term. There is also a quite frank desire among some to keep the number of developers to a minimum.
More developers means more coordination problems and more time lost to administrative overhead.
The situation can probably be expected to remain much as it is, with lots of grumbling and little change. Evan Leibovitch takes a critical look at Corel in this ZDNet opinion piece. Corel also hasn't maintained its Linux very well. Its first release has been out for more than a year, and to date its Web site lists a total of just one security patch. While most other distribution vendors have been scrambling to ensure that they keep up with open source patches and updates, Corel users are left to fend for themselves.