On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:37:46AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Marc Haber wrote: > > In fact, I would prefer if Ubuntu had to change _their_ scheduled to > > accomodate us, if they want to have the advantage of being in sync > > with us. It's _their_ advantage after all, not ours. > > I don't mind who changes the date for the other but I really don't agree > that doing it is only for Ubuntu's advantage. Nobody in Debian would have > taken such a decision, we are Debian developers and have no interest in > helping only Ubuntu.
I don't see the advantage for Debian short of probable ease of work for the security team (which doesn't seem to have commented yet). > What we're speaking of is synergy between both distributions. You know the > it's the principle behind “the combination of both is worth more that the > sum of individual parts”. What kind of synergy could Debian get from Ubuntu which it couldn't get in the past? I surely haven't seen any in the past. > > We are not only major supplier to Ubuntu, we have our end customers > > ourselves. I'd prefer that it stayed that way. > > The synchronization with Ubuntu is not going to remove our identity. It is going to harm our identiy. > We'll keep our user base That's what I doubt. Ubuntu LTS will be better than Debian stable in all aspects, why should anybody continue using Debian stable? > and the possible improvements in both distributions will help us do > better in the competition with other operating systems Which improvements could Debian get from Ubuntu? An installer that doesn't ask any questions, or non-free proprietary (graphics) drivers? Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
