Re: Bug#744781: please remove ubuntu from dashboard or at least provide an option to hide it
Ana Guerrero Lopez écrivait:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:04:36AM +0200, Christophe Siraut wrote:
> >
> > Such an explicit option would actually make us pay more attention to the
> > derivatives IMO. Let people read what they want to, without asking :)
>
> This is the argumentation I never understand: why adding an option about
> derivatives will make people care more about then [1]? which leads
> to the question: why we should push people in Debian to care about
> derivatives?
In the context of the dashboard the main question is: what information
is useful for improving the quality of our packages? Does it include bug
reports or patches against packages we maintain but were redistributed
rebranded?
I think caring about derivative packages sometimes really helps to
improve ours. Now every maintainers knows what information is relevant
for her/his tasks. If displaying some information is harmful in your
opinion I agree we must stop showing it or at least provide a way to
hide it.
On why not adding an option, my point is it would prevent maintainers to
lazily ignore the derivatives, they would instead be forced to make a
political statement to themselves, "Do I care about derivatives?" many
of us would need more than a yes/no answer. Said differently not caring
is different from wanting it to be removed.
It is perfectly fine to me if someone implements the hiding bits.
Note the dashboard exports are derivative-free.
Christophe
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