On Mon, 01 Mar 2004, Asa Dotzler wrote: > Before we're willing to sanction the distribution of a modified > version of Firefox under our trademark name and logo, we need to > know what those changes are, specifically. While I can't speak for Eric specifically, in general, the changeset for a package changes for each Debian revision of the package. It's impossible for us to say what level of changes will be necessary to fix bugs in Firefox tomorrow. > The primary concerns I have are that the stability or other > functionality of the application would be negatively impacted by > "slight feature patches" or that your bug fixes would cause > unintended negative consequences. It's quite possible. However, in general, Debian is itself in a position to handle the outfall of unintended negative consequences. The BTS and the Firefox maintainer act as an interface between the Debian Firefox package and upstream (namely the Mozilla team). > Even better would be if you could point me bugs in your bug system > that contain the actual patches you've applied and information about > the testing that was done to cover those changes. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=mozilla-firefox for the bug list, and http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_0.8-3.diff.gz for the set of changes made to the mozilla-firefox package. Again, I hope that we can work with you all on the Mozilla team to come to an agreement that enables us to distribute Firefox in a manner that respects your desires whilst allowing us to fulfill our promises under our Social Contract. Don Armstrong -- I don't care how poor and inefficient a little country is; they like to run their own business. I know men that would make my wife a better husband than I am; but, darn it, I'm not going to give her to 'em. -- The Best of Will Rogers http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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