Re: Need for launchpad
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:34:33 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> said:
> 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.
I am with this.
I would also like to get a bug report if there is a new
feature in the ubuntu package, separated out from other changes.
> 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.
I really don't care, unless the package has been heavily
modified, in which case I don't want my reputation to hang off
a package that I no longer control.
None of this is any different from how I work with my
upstreams, so this is not unreasonable modus operandi.
manoj
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