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Re: Is Debian still Debian?



On Sat 10 May 2014 at 14:26:04 +0200, Slavko wrote:

> Dňa Sat, 10 May 2014 13:00:56 +0100 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> napísal:
> 
> > On Sat 10 May 2014 at 10:54:21 +0200, Slavko wrote:
> > 
> > > in last weeks (or months?) i see a lot of daily updates in Debian
> > > testing. I am using the testing for years and i am surprised by
> > > this.
> > 
> > You are surprised that Debian developers are readying testing for the
> > coming freeze by updating software and fixing bugs? 
> 
> No, i am surprised, that the CUPS (and some others) package provides
> updates too often, e.g.:
> 
> > > 04 May 2014 12:18:32 +0200
> > > 02 May 2014 15:54:20 +0200
> 
> As one can see, it is two day between them. Both updates are Ubuntu
> related, it involves me, that the quick Ubuntu's work is
> changing/replacing the careful self-testing by the maintainers...

"quick" doesn't imply sloppiness. I hope you read the bug reports
contained in the changelogs you quoted. From LP: #1315766:

   OdyX, sorry, bug was caused by sync with Ubuntu. I am updating the
   version numbers in Breaks:/Replaces: now. Please issue 1.7.2-3 after
   that, so it auto-syncs into Ubuntu.

   ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Assignee: Didier Raboud (odyx) => Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) 

Looks like someone cocked up; then responded rapidly to a bug report on
May 3; followed by an equally rapid upload of a new version of cups.
Surely you should be saying "This is awesome. This is part of what I
want Debian to be. Change to another OS? - Not me! Forgo this level of
co-operation and diligence? - No, bring on more of the same."

> BTW, i maintain some packages in Debian...

Thank you. I imagine you are as much concerned with quality as the
Debian Printing Team.


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