Re: Debian derivatives and the Maintainer: field (again)
* Matt Zimmerman:
> It is important, in particular, to account for the fact that Ubuntu is not
> the only Debian derivative, and that proposals like yours would amount to
> Debian derivatives being obliged to fork *every source package in Debian*
> for the sake of changing a few lines of text.
Such a change could be implemented in the toolchain. IIRC, you
rebuild everything anyway, so this wouldn't be such a terrible thing
to do.
FWIW, I think your implied assumption that all Debian derivatives
should be treated the same is flawed. Ubuntu is just not like any
other derivative, it's a significant operation on its own. Its
commercial backer is apparently able to pay quite a few Debian
developers, several of them among the core team. There is a
significant user base, and so on. Like it or not, Ubuntu is a bit
special.
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