On Mon, 2018-01-29 at 00:30 +0100, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: > I have a suggestion to improve derivative integration based on using the > Debian BTS. Could you be more specific about your idea? Some derivatives already submit their changes to the Debian BTS and usertag them using the users/tags listed in their Debian derivatives census wiki pages. https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/CensusFull > It will allow to: > > 1. Show our significant differences with Debian. This helps to: > A. Spot desired features from other derivatives. > B. Inform users about why they should choose a derivative > or why not. In addition to the submission of changes to the Debian BTS, the Debian derivatives census also calculates diffs between Debian and our derivatives and presents that in the patches panel of the PTS. Currently the service is down due to disk space issues though. The PTS work also needs porting to the Debian package tracker: https://bugs.debian.org/779400 The other aspect of derivatives changes is the addition of new packages, these are detected by the derivatives census but they are not presented anywhere. I had the idea to include them on packages.d.o, tracker.d.o and or on the WNPP related pages but didn't yet have the time or motivation to work on that. > 2. Show our efforts to build a real universal operating system by > trying to mainstream our differences. This helps to: > A. Justify the existence of a derivative. > B. Justify the need of every significant difference. While merging as many differences as possible is a laudable goal, not every change is suitable for merging upstream (nor into Debian) (yet). They may not be finished, they may be very specific to the derivative or they may not be appropriate to be upstreamed. Browsing http://deriv.debian.net/patches/ > Feel free to redirect these messages to the mailing list. FYI, the front desk is just an alias to the mailing list. BTW, which Debian derivative are you working on? -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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