On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 11:17:01AM +0100, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 08:57:50AM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > > Of course it would be nicer if patches were reported automatically to us. > > This is by no means a universally held view within Debian. The current > approach of only pushing patches to Debian maintainers as manual bug > reports is a result of public discussion several years ago on debian-devel > (or debian-project), in which a number of developers objected to the idea of > receiving automatic mails every time Ubuntu made a change on the grounds > that this would generate lots of unwelcome noise.
If I recall correctly, the consensus of this old discussion was that Debian would want Debian-relevant patches in the BTS while Ubuntu could happily keep their "fixes" such as disabling the parts of test suites that failed during the Ubuntu build for themselves. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
