Bug#984497: weasels and doves
Albert van der Horst <spenarnc@xs4all.nl> writes:
> I don't see the problem here. If there is a bug in an old version
> supplied with Debian, the bug report lands with Debian. Then Debian
> can solve the bug report by renewing upstream. Sot that bug report is
> not against the package, but against the packaging. If it persists in
> the newest version, the bug can be passed to upstream. Bug reports
> will not land at the developpers desk, or Debian has to take measures
> that they don't, e.g. by replacing e-mail addresses. No reasonable
> upstream developer will object to such an arrangement.
Sure they can. Developers want users to think that their software is
cool. By distributing stuff in Debian, upstream gets less control in
that, and users may think that the software sucks due to no fault of
upstream.
This particular project is fast-moving, so users of the package would at
best have a functional-yet-old version, and may think the software
sucks. *I* don't agree, and *I* think working with and using a distro is
still worth it. But this upstream made their preferences clear, and I
think we should respect them.
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