Re: Oddity in synaptic 0.75.13 (Wheezy)
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Beco <rcb@beco.cc> wrote:
> On 17 October 2013 19:24, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Using synaptic 0.75.13 in Wheezy under the menu item, "Settings,
>> Repositories," the updates tab lists, "Notify me of a new Ubuntu
>> version."
>>
>> What? Is someone developing for Debian but promoting Ubuntu? Did
>> Ubuntu push this version upstream?
>>
>> Inquiring mind and all that.
>>
>> Cybe R. Wizard
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>
> I read this and could believe, so I went to synaptic to see. It's there.
>
> Debian trade-mark is a very strong, and brings with it so many
> attributes conquered over time. We must be careful to not let this
> happen.
>
> I understand people must be developing for ubuntu more than for
> debian, and that sometimes software goes the other way around.
>
> This collaboration between distros is very important. But keeping
> Debian Debian is of utter importance.
>
> It's a marketing issue, so I cc'd the debian-publicity mailing list to
> alert the problem.
>
> My best,
> Beco.
>
>
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