Re: Ubuntu package in Debian repos

[Matthew Krauss <Matthew@Greenberg-Group.com>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 06:43:13AM -0500, Craigevil wrote:
>   
> > This is rather strange and disturbing a Ubuntu package in Debian. Since I do
> > not choose to run *buntu but Debian Sid, I feel the maintainers should
> > rename the package.  What's next the *buntu desktop package?
> >
> > Package update-manager
> > * testing (gnome): GNOME application that manages software updates
> > 0.42.2ubuntu22-5: all
> > * unstable (gnome): GNOME application that manages apt updates
> > 0.42.2ubuntu22-7: all
> > 0.41.1.dfsg+CVS20051105-2: kfreebsd-i386
> >     
>
> This has been brought up on the debian-devel mailing list.  I think the
> issue with this particular package is that Ubuntu is considered the
> upstream developer and so that is how they have versioned their package.
> But I agree with you that the version number should be changed before
> being included in Debian.
>   
That's just freaky.  Ubuntu considers Debian to be "upstream" for most 
things.  Can this cause an infinite feedback loop in the dependency 
trees and crash the internets?  All of them??

:)

-Matthew