On Tue, Sep 30 2008, Parthan SR wrote:
> Arun SAG wrote:
>> I read some where in the internet that, canonical is not contributing back
>> to its mother distribution debian.....
>>
> Leaving the debate whether the underlying accusation is true or false,
> please when you are making a statement do state the following,
> [1] completely describe what your statement means. "not contributing
> back" is a vague statement and doesn't mean anything in specific.
Ubuntu does not pass along user feedback (bug reports) etc to te
Debian developers via the Debian BTS -- which is the tradition in the
free software world; you communicate to upstream using their
communication methods (like, kenel patches are to be sent to LKML).
Second, they do not communicate their fixes back. Sure, their
diff.gz can be found after a little effort, but it is one incoherent
mess, with different changes, including branding, bug fixes, other
changes that may or may not conform to policy, and even changes they
cherry picked from upstream, all bundled into one big diff. No
separating the patches, no rebasing off the most recent upstream
release, no reporting it to upstream BTS.
Is this specific enough for ya?
> [2] Backup your statement with proof, at least a link where you found
> the accusation to have been made.
Can I say that I have been maintaining 40+ packages for Debian
for about 13 years, and my experience count for something?
> Otherwise making a vague statement based upon your memory to have read
> somewhere doesn't help much.
Hmm. Go look at my packages on the Debian BTS. And then go look
at the same package in the Ubuntu tracker. See how none of the bug
reports or fixes are passed long.
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