On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 01:53 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of > > the packages in universe are maintained only by the Debian maintainer, and > > propagated unmodified into Ubuntu. It is only when there is a specific > > motive to change the package in Ubuntu that anyone on that team will touch > > it. > > They are *not* maintained by the Debian maintainer, for the simple > reason that the Debian maintainer does not have control over the > contents of the package!
But what about when packages in universe are simply merged in straight from Debian? It might be a strange semantic question: Is that the same package, or a different one? In the case of such a package, the same fixes by the Debian maintainer to the Debian package do end up in the contents of the Ubuntu package when it gets resynched. Now, before I confuse myself with word games and contemplate whether that implies "control" or not, I'm going to offer up the conjecture that bug reports on an Ubuntu universe package are potentially more relevant to a Debian maintainer than bug reports on a Debian stable package, since they're closer to the current unstable. Thoughts? Scott Ritchie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
