On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:27:38AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Oh, I forgot to mention that if Ubuntu continues to ignore Ian Murdock's > warnings about breaking compatability with debs, it will end up a fork > in my book even if most of the underlying code is substantially the > same, and this will be a very painful and damaging kind of fork too, as > we will get deb dependency hell.
If Ian were to approach Ubuntu (rather than, say, Slashdot) with clear and genuine concerns, I would be more than willing to discuss the situation with him to explain what we're doing and why. > Ignoring, flaming, and pooh-poohing Ian on this, which is all the response > I've seen so far, is not smart. :-/ There's certainly been some amount of ignoring, but if you have records of anyone representing Ubuntu flaming on this subject (or any other), I'd like to hear about it privately. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]