Re: Debian derivatives and the Maintainer: field (again)
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 12:37:47PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes:
>
> > It is important, in particular, to account for the fact that Ubuntu is not
> > the only Debian derivative, and that proposals like yours would amount to
> > Debian derivatives being obliged to fork *every source package in Debian*
> > for the sake of changing a few lines of text.
>
> Yes. Being a downstream modifier imposes costs. Debian meets those
> costs, how about you?
We really don't need a stand-in for Andrew Suffield while he's away.
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- mdz
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