<quote who="Stephen Birch" date="2005-06-08 03:44:50 -0700"> > Matt Zimmerman(mdz@debian.org)@2005-06-07 16:06: > > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:03:24PM -0700, Stephen Birch wrote: > > > > > Matt Zimmerman(mdz@ubuntu.com)@2005-06-07 13:35: > > > > If the diff were zero bytes, Debian and Ubuntu would be identical. I hope > > > > that you can understand my hesitation to accept a definition of success > > > > which means that Ubuntu ceases to exist. :-) > > > > > > Likewise, I am sure you can understand my hesitation to accept a > > > definition of success which means that Debian ceases to exist. :-) > > > > Fortunately, no one has proposed any such thing, and we all want Debian to > > continue to thrive. > > Sorry Matt, I intended for that to be humor. In a good natured way I > was pointing out that a zero byte diff could also mean that debian had > ceased to exist. Depends on how you look at it. It might mean that everyone figured a way to agree on a single version of an OS and applications to fit their needs. :) Since that is perhaps the only option on the table more unlikely than asking either project to disband, we need to work -- Debian, Ubuntu and those other 100+ Debian derivations -- on the tools and processes for derivations/forking that makes all of our lives easier. Ubuntu going away wouldn't solve this problem. Debian-based distributions are an ecosystem now and that's not the fault of nor limited to Ubuntu. I think we need to start thinking about systemic solutions. More on this from me once things have cooled down a bit. :) Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill mako@atdot.cc http://mako.cc/
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