Re: Need for launchpad
I wrote:
> Suppose Ubuntu were to cease claiming[0] that it gives back to Debian.
> Would everyone be happy then? I doubt it.
>
> [0] Here: http://ubuntu.com/ubuntu/relationship?highlight=%28debian%29
> there's a claim that "they send their bugfixes to the Debian developers
> responsible for that package in debian and record the patch URL in the
> debian bug system."
Looking at that page today I see that it has changed. It seems to be
more accurate now, though I didn't keep a copy of the old text with which
I could compare what is written now:
> Ubuntu and Debian are distinct but parallel and closely linked
> systems. The Ubuntu project seeks to complement the Debian project in
> the following areas:
> [...]
> When a bug is reported in the Debian bug tracking system and then later
> fixed in Ubuntu, the fixes are communicated back directly to the Debian
> developers responsible for that package in Debian and record the patch
> URL in the debian bug system.
--
Thomas Hood
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