Quoting Vasudev Kamath (2014-09-24 15:41:51) > Faheem Mitha <faheem@faheem.info> writes: >> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014, shirish शिरीष wrote: >>> Saw this in the newspaper today :- >>> >>> http://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/governments-os-boss-dying-a-slow-death-due-to-lack-of-patronage/43300186 >> >>> For people uninitiated, BOSS is Debian+some homegrown code. As >>> nobody (except people from defence and BOSS own people) has access >>> to the source repository, we have no idea as to how much they take >>> from Debian or Ubuntu's source repositories and how much of it is >>> being made by C-DAV people for BOSS. >> Is there some reason they don't just use Debian? Specialised >> localization requirements, perhaps? >> > > C-DAC sponsored Jonas's India travel for miniDebconf in 2011 where a > team from C-DAC worked with Jonas to make BOSS a pure blend, Right. At the MiniDebconf we skimmed and identified patterns in https://dex.alioth.debian.org/census/BOSSlinux/patches/ and I explained to them how closer collaboration with Debian would minimize maintenance burden on their part. > I don't know how much they followed up and what really happened later, > probably Jonas can fill in. Unfortunately I have not heard from C-DAC since my visit in 2011. I am still hopeful, and will gladly continue where we left off if someone from C-DAC were to contact me now. I did hear briefly from one of those participating at the MiniDebconf when he changed job and moved from Chennai to Bengaluru. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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