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Re: RF[CS]: ubiquity (mozilla extension) in Debian



On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 01:41:00PM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Gabriele Giacone <1o5g4r8o@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/26/2010 08:52 AM, Luca Falavigna wrote:
> >> Just for the records, Ubuntu has a ubiquity source package already (it's
> >> the d-i frontend), so if you're interested in having such package in
> >> Ubuntu too, you should consider using a different source name.
> >>
> > I'm not interested in ubuntu.
> > Rename could be even done by ubuntu maintainers, couldn't it?
> 
> We try and maintain a symbiotic relationship with Debian. If we fix
> something, we send it upstream to help Debian. When Debian fixes
> something, we benefit.
> 
> If we spent all our time renaming packages in Debian, we would have
> forked packages and a whole lot of mess.
> 
> After all, you'd accept a patch from an Ubuntu hacker, right? Why
> treat Ubuntu so poorly? Be nice, please :)
> 
> Honestly, since this is a minor package, and ubiquity is the Ubuntu
> installer, and this is a minor plugin, someone would most likely
> blacklist your package, and it would not be included in Ubuntu.
> 
> >
> > Anyway, your sponsorship might convince me to rename it :)
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gabriele
> >
> >
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> >
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -Paul
> 

+1

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