On 12/05/11 07:38, Andreas Tille wrote:
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:58:42PM +0200, Steffen Möller wrote:Debian Med was *before* Ubuntu even existedand that is why it has its name.Well, I hope that my statement were not interpreted as contra Ubuntu statement.and thus it was at least not possible to target at supporting Ubuntu.The people's front of Judea? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb_qHP7VaZE[...]
Hi, Andreas.I offered you my opinion that Ubuntu *is* Debian when we met at the Debian-Med sprint in Travemunde. Where it differs most is in the way that the Ubuntu community is organised and, in particular, the PPA.
I'm an advocate of Debian *and* Debian derivatives like Ubuntu. Many people like me and Steffen actually use Ubuntu for pragmatic reasons. If Debian was perfect, none of its derivatives would exist. However, I think you are wrong to consider Ubuntu as 'just' another Linux distro.
IMHO, Ubuntu and Debian have a symbiotic relationship. As I said before Ubuntu is nothing without Debian and I believe that Debian does benefit from Ubuntu too. I think Steffen is right to use the PPA and I support his efforts.
Bye, Tony.