On Mon, 02 Dec 2002, Xavian-Anderson Macpherson wrote: > > Debian packages tend to be more true to the original source than those of > > other large distributions. > > This is why I said no one should have the right to do this. There needs to > be > a rigid air-traffic control system, just as there is on any major airport. > If you want to change course, you have to get permission first, not after you > have already crashed!
Sorry, but that simply doesn't work. It might in a perfect world but we
are _far_ from that.
Upstream loses interest in their work but bugs need to get fixes still.
Sometimes upstream has /interesting/ ideas about where files should be
(like everything below /var/MTA/ or something like that). This violates
every idea of a normal Unix system tree - we fix this if possible. There
are several other good reasons for distributions overriding upstream.
_PLEASE_ get some experience before you tell us we've been wrong since
forever. What you're doing now is only demonstrating that you've never
ever maintained a system with even slightly special needs. (This is by
no means intended as an offence).
yours,
peter
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