Hi, On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 04:01:05PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote: [...] > > So, in grsecurity2 pacakge, upstream is www.grsecurity.net. > > And you can check it in copyright file as "Upstream Author(s):". > > So it almost means 'the original developers'.
The expression "upstream developers" is Debian specific but suit perfectly
with what it means. Any packages are original.
From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:
upstream
adj.
[common] Towards the original author(s) or maintainer(s) of a
project. Used in connection with software that is distributed both in
its original source form and in derived, adapted versions through a
distribution (like the Debian version of Linux or one of the BSD
ports) that has component maintainers for each of their parts. When a
component maintainer receives a bug report or patch, he may choose to
retain the patch as a porting tweak to the distribution's derivative
of the project, or to pass it upstream to the project's maintainer.
The antonym downstream is rare.
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