On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:54 PM, "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Aditya M wrote: > | On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:14 PM, "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > |> Hash: SHA1 > |> > |> Aditya M wrote: > |> > |> | 2) Ubuntu now manages all its own packages. If debian shuts down (and > |> | I agree thats its rather unlikely), Ubuntu will manage. In any case, > |> | Ubuntu now contributes quite a lot back to the debian project. > |> > |> When you use the term 'manage' what do you refer to ? > |> > | > | I mean that Ubuntu capable of holding its own, regardless of Debian > | disappearing all of a sudden. > > Err... sorry I should have been more specific. The part where you say > "Ubuntu now manages all its own packages" is something that leapt out. > It would be nice if you could provide some explanation about that. >
I'm sorry too. Its my fault. I meant to say that "Ubuntu *can* now manage all its own packages", mainly in the sense that with its growing popularity, it should be able to find enough people to hold up the enormous number of packages, in case Debian disappears (which is itself a completely arbitrary assumption). As Parthan said, in FOSS, someone can always take the software further even if the current devels leave. I definitely agree that Ubuntu would not have been possible without Debian, but we cannot say that Ubuntu cannot continue if Debian shuts down. -- Aditya Manthramurthy
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