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Re: Debian choice of upstream tarballs for packaging



Quoting Marc Haber (2021-08-19 09:12:27)
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:16:05 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk>
> wrote:
> >Quoting Marc Haber (2021-08-17 18:56:59)
> >> There is, for example, one distribution that is based on Ubuntu 
> >> (maybe they thought that ubuntu would be too hard to install) and 
> >> does not support upgrades. Their FAQ says "we cannot support 
> >> upgrades because we're based on Debian which doesnt support 
> >> upgrades".
> >
> >Sorry, I fail to understand what was the point of last paragraph 
> >above. Would you mind spelling it out to me?
> 
> This was just a rant about a downstream distribution that broke one 
> Debian's key feature (seamless, supported, painless upgrades) and 
> blamed their own failure on Debian.

Ah, thanks.  I get it now.  Sorry for my think skull...


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