Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-07-29 Thread Joe Wreschnig
t;, "wait for videos", "wait for Matthias", "wait for Joss to pull a 180", "wait for Matthias"). I would much rather have a carefully thought-out policy than people who barely know Python instigating mass NMUs trying to reach a target that changes every

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Joe Wreschnig
t;Modify" is a tricky word. Most of my packages go into Ubuntu unmodified, in that the diff.gz is the same. However, they use an entirely different infrastructure -- new minor GTK and Python versions. Since binary-level compatibility is not a goal of Ubuntu (nor IMO should it be; down that

Re: Doubts on the situation of DEBAIN as opposed to the demand of SCO to IBM

2003-08-27 Thread Joe Wreschnig
to port debian to the hurd, And BSD kernels. > thus > eliminating a linux kernel. Not eliminating a Linux kernel, eliminating the *need* for a Linux kernel. Many people, such as myself, will continue to run the Debian system with Linux rather than with the Hurd or a BSD, and will enjoy doin