On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:48:12PM +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 09:13:04PM +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > > But I tend to agree with what another poster said: Ubuntu may be the > > right place to try things like this. Debian isn't, but it still may > > profit from the experience. Without being a Ubuntu fanboy, I hope this > > experiment won't damage their reputation. > > There've been times in the past when Debian was the playground to > introduce new cool technology. It's strange that nowdays people expect > Debian to stay away from it. It even reverts the upstream/downstream > relationship with Ubuntu. I do find this a bit of an odd attitude as well to be honest. Debian isn't, and shouldn't, be about blindly accepting and packaging stuff from other people. We also have a lot of talented developers, many of whom are deeply involved with hundreds of upstream projects in addition to Debian-specific projects. While making Wayland the default right now is probably a bad move, there's no reason why it can't be packaged and available in Debian for people wanting to test it. Ironically, Wayland is mainly a RedHat-funded project, which I do wish all the best. But it's yet another example of Ubuntu picking up someone else's work and getting all the glory. This time, they may well be jumping the gun; how many people here have actually used it? It's likely not ready for prime-time just yet. When it is, I'm sure you'll see it in Debian. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail.
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