All, Encouraging collaboration between Debian and Ubuntu seems like a good thing to me since there is a lot of work/code re-use and people overlap between these projects.
However what is not clear to me from the discussion is what the differences ought to be, and if there are contexts where collaboration and merging things with Ubuntu is not a good idea for Debian. Establishing those boundaries and clarifying what we believe may help people who are involved in both Debian and Ubuntu to guide their actions when wearing different hats. Answers may also help us to understand what you as future DPL believe what Debian should be going forward. May I ask the nominees to share their thoughts on this? Some detailed topics for consideration: - Ubuntu uses Snap and the Snap Store, is that something which Debian should adopt as part of the improved collaboration with Ubuntu? - Ubuntu has a different system installer than Debian, is merging them within scope? - Ubuntu is aligned with corporate/governmental interests that can have a preference for non-GPL software. What are the concerns collaborating along that effort? I'm thinking about replacing CoreUtils with UUtils, GCC with Clang, GnuPG with Seqoia etc. - Ubuntu is generally more relaxed about copyright licensing and software freedom perspective than Debian, and Ubuntu includes and make use of more non-free content than what is in Debian. Is collaborating on expanding that in scope for Debian? - Ubuntu doesn't support some architectures/ports that we have in Debian, and Ubuntu support/assume some CPU features that Debian doesn't. Is harmonizing the set of support in scope? - Ubuntu has a fixed time-based release schedule, as that something we should adopt? /Simon
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