On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:34:33PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> writes: > > I can't agree. From the sound of this and other threads, there are a number > > of folks who are unlikely to be satisfied with any behavior on the part of > > the Ubuntu project or its members. Fortunately, there are others who are > > actively cooperating to the mutual benefit of the two projects. > Really, it's very easy. I would be satisfied if both of the following > were done: > Every time you find a bug in an Ubuntu package, make some effort to > determine if it is Ubuntu-specific or might rather affect all Debian > users. If it is not Ubuntu-specific, then file a bug report, and > optionally, a patch, in the Debian BTS. Which might be ideal, but I don't think it's realistic to ask that they do this for *every* bug they find. > Every Ubuntu package should have a different Maintainer unless the > Debian maintainer has agreed to be the Maintainer of the Ubuntu > package as well. The Ubuntu package should, of course, continue to > give credit to the upstream Debian maintainer, but not by designating > that individual as the Maintainer in the Ubuntu package. Which is not something that most Debian developers seem to be hung up on; and some maintainers seem to prefer to be credited in the packages. So if this is what it takes to satisfy you, I suspect you're going to have to live with your dissatisfaction. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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