Re: systemd service and /etc/default/
Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 23:14:33 -0500, Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> >Why a requirement to not improve upstream? Ideally, the Debian patches
> >for a piece of software should trend to zero over time, as fixes make
> >their way upstream.
>
> Imagine an upstream author having the cooperation level of the systemd
> team.
Highly cooperative, responsive, understanding of distribution issues,
and willing to work with multiple distributions to come up with a good
cross-distro solution that works everywhere?
> This will put the Debian maintainer between a rock and a hard place.
When dealing with an upstream that *isn't* cooperative or helpful, sure,
you might end up effectively creating a downstream fork. It's
unfortunate when that happens in the Debian packages rather than in a
separate repository that then gets packaged, but *shrug*. However, the
original mail that started this thread didn't suggest that the upstream
in this case was uncooperative or unreceptive to patches.
- Josh Triplett
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