> Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> You seem to require a standard of attribution in the Maintainer field > >> that Debian does not itself follow in our default procedures. To wit: > >> NMUs _within_ Debian keep the Maintainer field unchanged. > > > > The difference is that a Debian Maintainer can replace the NMU any > > time he wants with his own package. > > > > I don't have the same ability to replace a non-Debian altered package.
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 10:28:23PM +0000, Martin Meredith wrote: > The only reason packages are changed in ubuntu is because they don't work > as expected in ubuntu - whether this be a different "vision" for the > package's use, or just a problem with it having gone through a different > transition/having a different toolchain, is a different point. But even so > - We DO try and use as many things as possible from debian unchanged ;) ALSO, new upstream versions which weren't otherwise required for transitions. Example package: xastir. Please don't top post. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
