Any Debian users?

[Collins Richey]

On 1/25/06, Dallam Wych <dallam.wyche at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 05:26:42PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> > On 1/24/06, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> > > Dallam Wych wrote:
> > >
> > > >If so, I am wondering if you have been following the ubuntu threads
> > > >on -devel and -projec? Opinion?
> > > >
> > > >Kind Regards,
> > > >Dallam
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > What is happening there? something of interest, obviously?
> >
> > Tell us more.
>
> There's been several long threads concerning Ubuntu of late. One has
> dealt mostly with Ubuntu using/rebuilding Debian packages for
> inclusion into their o/s and centered mostly on the maintainer
> field. Some Debian package maintainers were/are being named as the
> maintainers in Ubuntu when the packages had been rebuilt by Ubuntu.
> Out of all the Debian derivatives Ubuntu seems to be getting the
> most attention and seems to be pretty PR intensive. Additionally, quite a
> few of the Debian developers are also for-pay Ubuntu developers.
>
> That's why I asked if any of the Debian users here had been
> following along at home and had an opinion as I imagine it would be
> completely uninteresting to anyone else. :)
>

Hmmm, sounds pretty mundane wheter or not you are a Debian user.

My prejudice is showing, but a tempest in a teapot over package
maintainership instead of just working the bugs would appear to fit
right into Debian land.

--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
      smart enough to debug it.
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