Hi, On Tuesday 20 February 2007 20:42, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Debian. It is currently already in Ubuntu > > (http://packages.ubuntu.com/kzenexplorer). I created a brand new Debian > > package (lintian clean except for lack of a man page) before noticing it > > was in Ubuntu. Which is preferred, a new package or using the Ubuntu > > one? And if the latter, is it simply done by using the Ubuntu > > orig.tar.gz/diff.gz/dsc ? > You aren't likely to find any useful conventional wisdom about which to > prefer; it will always depend on the individual package. The same applies > for any package which you might adopt from a third party. Isn't having the same package in Debian (unstable) and Ubuntu (unstable) the prefered status? regards, Holger
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