On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:40 PM, PillowSky <pre...@pillowsky.org> wrote: > Post on ubuntuforum > Link:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2175314 > In the E-mail is just a summary. > > I find none of the maintainers are the software developers themselves.
I always try to get upstream to lead or at least be involved in packaging (I just worked to make sure they're doing it in an archive-compatible way). However, the majority of the time upstream is not interested in packaging for any OS beyond a downloadable executable. Mozilla seems to follow that; they may not want to spend the resources to integrate into a specific linux distribution when they can distribute binaries. Some see Ubuntu packagers as blessings (free labor helping out with distribution) while others are frustrated (for modifying their source code to be policy compliant, not being able to update stable release versions for new features/bug fixes like your complaint). This may be something about which you should ask Mozilla. Ubuntu can't force Mozilla developers to work on packaging. Regards, Scott -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
