On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:34:33 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I can't agree. From the sound of this and other threads, there are >> a number of folks who are unlikely to be satisfied with any >> behavior on the part of the Ubuntu project or its members. >> Fortunately, there are others who are actively cooperating to the >> mutual benefit of the two projects. > Really, it's very easy. I would be satisfied if both of the > following were done: > Every time you find a bug in an Ubuntu package, make some effort to > determine if it is Ubuntu-specific or might rather affect all Debian > users. If it is not Ubuntu-specific, then file a bug report, and > optionally, a patch, in the Debian BTS. I am with this. I would also like to get a bug report if there is a new feature in the ubuntu package, separated out from other changes. > Every Ubuntu package should have a different Maintainer unless the > Debian maintainer has agreed to be the Maintainer of the Ubuntu > package as well. The Ubuntu package should, of course, continue to > give credit to the upstream Debian maintainer, but not by > designating that individual as the Maintainer in the Ubuntu package. I really don't care, unless the package has been heavily modified, in which case I don't want my reputation to hang off a package that I no longer control. None of this is any different from how I work with my upstreams, so this is not unreasonable modus operandi. manoj -- It is up to us to produce better-quality movies. Lloyd Kaufman, producer of "Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]