On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 05:33:33PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sunday 22 January 2006 03:16, David Weinehall wrote: > > > Since all Ubuntu packages are recompiled against a different set of > > libraries, the bug might not even affect the Debian package, even though > > they share the same source. Hence having Ubuntu developers triage the > > bugs to rule out such issues before they are forwarded to Debian's BTS > > is always a good thing; thus the maintainer field should be changed > > for *binary packages*. The source is the same, so the field should NOT > > be changed for *source packages*. > > Given Ubuntu hopelessly complicates everything, pretends there is cooperation > where there is none, and merely duplicates the effort of the debian-desktop > project, and contributes nothing to the community or society, what's stopping > us from officially discouraging Ubuntu's existence?
I think that way lies madness, for so many reasons. It's not exactly encouraging of the principles of Free Software, nor is it particularly practical. Would we hold a GR to say "Ubuntu is the Antichrist"? Some sort of technical thing to micq our packages against Ubuntu? I don't really see the value in it, either -- what's it going to get us? I seriously doubt that, even if we *wanted* a PR war, that we could win it. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
