On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 02:07:11PM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > A few times I have statements in the ubuntu website that there can't > be Ubuntu if there's no Debian. This statement seems to me like it's > only relevant to Warty
No, it was very much still true for Hoary and Breezy, and will be for Dapper as well. >, but why should they continue taking debian sources, especially >considering that Ubuntu's main is normally ahead of Debian's sid? Is it the >avoidance of effort duplication or is a matter of maintaining compatibility >or...? In the instances where Ubuntu main is ahead, it's because we start with Debian as a base and then update specific packages to meet our goals, not because we duplicate Debian's efforts (or are able to). -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
