On 18/05/2010 09:52, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 18/05/10 at 09:04 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> PS as we already have some ubuntu information in the PTS, I'm copying >> Lucas which IIRC contributed that other information: can you please >> you two check that there is no overlapping in having both links? > > I'm not entirely convinced by the approach. What value does it add *on > the PTS* compared to what is already available in the Ubuntu box? > Wouldn't it be better to work with Ubuntu on a better patches.u.c?
Well… I'not convinced by the current approach :) For me, it's way simpler to read some lines of a changelog containing exactly the information I'm looking for, instead of digging into a big patch with a lot of noise. Honestly, I consider the current "patches for …" link near to useless. I think that maintainers (at least, me) don't want to waste too much time to know important changes done in Ubuntu. The current "Ubuntu" box tell me (in a readable and quick way) only the Ubuntu version, but doesn't list the changes. It provides a patch, but I won't read every debdiff patch for every package I want to inspect because it's a PITA. IMO, "UbuntuDiff" answers that need. I also have in mind to add¹ some features like: a simple patch viewer, list of packages in Ubuntu and not in Debian, etc… Actually, it would be nice if we had a PTS for derivatives where changes can be shown directly like in: http://ubuntudiff.debian.net/linux-ntfs.html You may argue then that it's not our job to do that and Ubuntu should provide its own interface for that and I would agree. But, as a maintainer, I don't want to special case Ubuntu² and I would love to have a central place where I can see changes done in my packages in Debian derivatives. ¹: Any help is welcome if you {want to speed up the process, are interested}. ²: no, the source code of UbuntuDiff is not Ubuntu specific. Regards, -- Mehdi Dogguy مهدي الدڤي me...@{dogguy.org,debian.org} -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org