Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 22 January 2006 03:16, David Weinehall wrote: Since all Ubuntu packages are recompiled against a different set of libraries, the bug might not even affect the Debian package, even though they share the same source. Hence having Ubuntu developers triage the bugs to rule out such

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 05:33:33PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 22 January 2006 03:16, David Weinehall wrote: Since all Ubuntu packages are recompiled against a different set of libraries, the bug might not even affect the Debian package, even though they share the same source.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 05:33:33PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 22 January 2006 03:16, David Weinehall wrote: Since all Ubuntu packages are recompiled against a different set of libraries, the bug might not even affect the Debian package, even though they share the same source.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread John Hasler
Paul Johnson writes: Given Ubuntu hopelessly complicates everything, pretends there is cooperation where there is none, and merely duplicates the effort of the debian-desktop project, and contributes nothing to the community or society... Do you have evidence to support this, or is it just

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread David Nusinow
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 05:33:33PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: On Sunday 22 January 2006 03:16, David Weinehall wrote: Since all Ubuntu packages are recompiled against a different set of libraries, the bug might not even affect the Debian package, even though they share the same source.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-22 Thread Scott Ritchie
On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 01:53 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of the packages in universe are maintained only by the Debian maintainer, and propagated unmodified into Ubuntu.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-22 Thread David Weinehall
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 02:26:57AM -0800, Scott Ritchie wrote: [snip] In the case of such a package, the same fixes by the Debian maintainer to the Debian package do end up in the contents of the Ubuntu package when it gets resynched. Now, before I confuse myself with word games and

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-22 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[David Weinehall] Since all Ubuntu packages are recompiled against a different set of libraries, the bug might not even affect the Debian package, even though they share the same source. The same can be said about Debian architectures, when the autobuilder build the packages at different

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of the packages in universe are maintained only by the Debian maintainer, and propagated unmodified into Ubuntu. It is only when there is a specific motive to change the package

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And unsurprisingly, it, too, doesn't have a straightforward answer. If a user reports such a bug to Ubuntu, it is approximately the domain of the MOTU team, in that they triage those bugs (on a time-available prioritized basis, across the entire set

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:53:26AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of the packages in universe are maintained only by the Debian maintainer, and propagated unmodified into

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:53:26AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of the packages in universe are maintained only by the Debian

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 03:44:12AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:53:26AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:10:54AM +0100, JanC wrote: On 1/17/06, Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about renaming Maintainer to Debian-Maintainer in Ubuntu's binary packages, and having a specific Ubuntu-Maintainer? This should probably happen in a way that all (or most)

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:08:38PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: I keep hearing this, but I really don't believe it. In Debian, Maintainer means An individual or group of people primarily responsible for the on-going well being of a package. As I understand it, in Ubuntu, the MOTUs have

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:08:38PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: I keep hearing this, but I really don't believe it. In Debian, Maintainer means An individual or group of people primarily responsible for the on-going well being

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:24:57PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of the packages in universe are maintained only by the Debian maintainer, and The thing is

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:24:57PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:08:38PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: I keep hearing this, but I really don't believe it. In Debian, Maintainer means An individual

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:35:55PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Arg, and to make matters worse, this discussion is CCed to a closed-moderated-list, Matt, this is really not a friendly way to have a conversation. I didn't add the CC to ubuntu-motu, nor the one to debian-project. I've merely

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:08:38PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: I keep hearing this, but I really don't believe it. In Debian, Maintainer means An individual or group of people primarily responsible for the on-going well being

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 07:13:31AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:08:38PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: I keep hearing this, but I really don't believe it. In Debian, Maintainer means An

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:41:49PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 07:13:31AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: By way of example, the Debian maintainer is equipped to answer questions like why is the package

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 08:31:44AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: All you'll get is the loud minority having a whinge then, no matter what the outcome. It will certainly beat the hell out of continuing this thread. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 01:40:11PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 08:31:44AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: All you'll get is the loud minority having a whinge then, no matter what the outcome. It will certainly beat the hell out of continuing this thread. It will just

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 10:54:40AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:35:55PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: Arg, and to make matters worse, this discussion is CCed to a closed-moderated-list, Matt, this is really not a friendly way to have a conversation. I didn't add

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 10:46:51AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 07:24:57PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 09:20:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: In practice, it doesn't work out to mean the same thing, however. Most of the packages in universe

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Thomas Bushnell BSG] Since you don't do bin-NMU's, you could simply alter the version of every package to add an ubuntu tag, and then be done with it, right? That would work well and be very easy to implement. You are so hung up on this point, it's not even funny. Do you really think users

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:21:06AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Thomas Bushnell BSG] Since you don't do bin-NMU's, you could simply alter the version of every package to add an ubuntu tag, and then be done with it, right? That would work well and be very easy to implement. You are so

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Miles Bader
Peter Samuelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you really think users who fail to notice an Origin tag from apt-cache, and believe they're above using reportbug, will notice an -ubuntuN suffix in the version number? Actually it seems fairly likely that they would -- version numbers are _far_

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Christian Perrier
It is the great danger of this thread that Matt et al. will feel sufficiently put upon that they *don't* take to heart the legitimate suggestions that could improve cooperation between Debian and Ubuntu (and distinguishing version numbers for binaries being by far the least of these). If

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Christian Perrier wrote: It is the great danger of this thread that Matt et al. will feel sufficiently put upon that they *don't* take to heart the legitimate suggestions that could improve cooperation between Debian and Ubuntu (and distinguishing version numbers for

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:00:53PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:47:05PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Ok, then I must have misunderstood something. So it is clear then that Ubuntu does recompile every package. To clarify explicitly: - Ubuntu does not use

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:21:06AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: Do you really think users who fail to notice an Origin tag from apt-cache, and believe they're above using reportbug, will notice an -ubuntuN suffix in the version number? I don't. I think you are arguing on abstract

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 03:08:32PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 03:00:53PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: I believe there are still packages which break when bin-NMU'd (e.g., Depends: = ${Source-Version}), and there are parts of our infrastructure which do not support

Derivatives and the Version: field (Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu)

2006-01-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 06:47:22PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: In any case, I want to note what has just happened here. You received a clear, easily implemented, request about what would be a wonderful contribution, and which is (from the Debian perspective) entirely non-controversial.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread JanC
On 1/17/06, Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about renaming Maintainer to Debian-Maintainer in Ubuntu's binary packages, and having a specific Ubuntu-Maintainer? This should probably happen in a way that all (or most) Debian-derived distro's agree on then. And one more problem:

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Peter Samuelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do you really think users who fail to notice an Origin tag from apt-cache, and believe they're above using reportbug, will notice an -ubuntuN suffix in the version number? I don't. I think you are arguing on abstract philosophical grounds rather

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-19 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why is it now important to you that the version numbers be changed, though? This is only an issue when mixing packages between different derivatives, which already breaks in other subtle ways, so I'm not very much inclined to try to un-break it in

Re: Derivatives and the Version: field (Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu)

2006-01-19 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 06:47:22PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: In any case, I want to note what has just happened here. You received a clear, easily implemented, request about what would be a wonderful contribution, and which is (from the Debian

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On 1/17/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) No changes rebuild-only upload should still be versionned so that we do not end up with two .deb with the same version but different contents. Rebuilding a package with a newer toolchain can cause different dependencies and bugs. In

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:47:35AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/17/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) No changes rebuild-only upload should still be versionned so that we do not end up with two .deb with the same version but different contents. Rebuilding a package with a

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On 1/18/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:47:35AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/17/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) No changes rebuild-only upload should still be versionned so that we do not end up with two .deb with the same

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Bill Allombert
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:06:19PM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/18/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:47:35AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/17/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) No changes rebuild-only upload should still be

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Peter Mathiasson
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 12:06:19PM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/18/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:47:35AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/17/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) No changes rebuild-only upload should still be

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On 1/18/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As pointed out several times, the source package in the ubuntu archive is NOT different to the source package in the debian archive. The binary package have been rebuilt in an different environment, which can caus different dependencies

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 05:29, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Oh. There might be a misunderstanding: No binary package is taken from debian, only source packages. This means that EVERY package is being rebuilt in ubuntu on buildds, including arch: all packages. The output of apt-cache shows the field

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Brian Nelson
Reinhard Tartler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 1/18/06, Bill Allombert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As pointed out several times, the source package in the ubuntu archive is NOT different to the source package in the debian archive. The binary package have been rebuilt in an different

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Reinhard Tartler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh. There might be a misunderstanding: No binary package is taken from debian, only source packages. This means that EVERY package is being rebuilt in ubuntu on buildds, including arch: all packages. The output of apt-cache shows the field 'Origin'

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tuesday 17 January 2006 16:54, Matt Zimmerman wrote: You have not ever shown a serious interest in what Debian would like. This is, again, insulting, and nonsensical in the face of the repeated dialogues I have initiated and participated in with

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Raphael Hertzog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm in line with David. Thomas, if you care about the topic, you must be interested in convincing the one who can make a change on Ubuntu's policy. And the person in question is Matt. If you scare your only interlocutor with Ubuntu, then you can be

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On 1/18/06, Mike Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 05:29, Reinhard Tartler wrote: Oh. There might be a misunderstanding: No binary package is taken from debian, only source packages. This means that EVERY package is being rebuilt in ubuntu on buildds, including arch: all

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Mike Bird
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 11:04, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/18/06, Mike Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What please is the difference between a buildX package and all the other packages that were rebuilt without the buildX annotation? It is quite similar to what debian calls a binary NMU, but

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:18:22AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Reinhard Tartler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh. There might be a misunderstanding: No binary package is taken from debian, only source packages. This means that EVERY package is being rebuilt in ubuntu on buildds,

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:18:22AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Reinhard Tartler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh. There might be a misunderstanding: No binary package is taken from debian, only source packages. This means that EVERY package is

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:47:05PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Ok, then I must have misunderstood something. So it is clear then that Ubuntu does recompile every package. To clarify explicitly: - Ubuntu does not use any binary packages from Debian - Most Ubuntu source packages are

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread John Hasler
mdz writes: It is considered to be in poor taste to report bugs to bugs.debian.org which have not been verified on Debian... I should think that in most cases by the time you've produced a patch that fixes a bug in an Ubuntu package you would be able to tell whether or not the bug is likely to

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On 1/18/06, Mike Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 11:04, Reinhard Tartler wrote: On 1/18/06, Mike Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What please is the difference between a buildX package and all the other packages that were rebuilt without the buildX annotation? It is

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 05:57:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: mdz writes: It is considered to be in poor taste to report bugs to bugs.debian.org which have not been verified on Debian... I should think that in most cases by the time you've produced a patch that fixes a bug in an Ubuntu

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe there are still packages which break when bin-NMU'd (e.g., Depends: = ${Source-Version}), and there are parts of our infrastructure which do not support them (Ubuntu doesn't do bin-NMUs). That's correct. These are bugs, and should be

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 06:47:22PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe there are still packages which break when bin-NMU'd (e.g., Depends: = ${Source-Version}), and there are parts of our infrastructure which do not support them (Ubuntu

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 06:47:22PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe there are still packages which break when bin-NMU'd (e.g., Depends: = ${Source-Version}), and there are parts of our

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-18 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 05:57:49PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: mdz writes: It is considered to be in poor taste to report bugs to bugs.debian.org which have not been verified on Debian... I should think that in most cases by the time you've produced a patch that fixes a bug in an Ubuntu

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Reinhard Tartler
CC:ing -project because this is a project wide call for discussion. Am Montag, den 16.01.2006, 18:36 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess: Please consider ALL code written/maintained by me that is present in Ubuntu and is not bit-identical to code/binaries in Debian to be not suitable for release with my

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Reinhard Tartler wrote: What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on debian-devel twice for a decision from debian how ubuntu should handle the maintainer Field without any luck: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/01/msg00678.html

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 11:07:40AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: CC:ing -project because this is a project wide call for discussion. (-project is for discussion about the project, not for project wide stuff; dunno if this fits that) What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Reinhard Tartler [Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:07:40 +0100]: What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on debian-devel twice for a decision from debian how ubuntu should handle the maintainer Field without any luck: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/05/msg00260.html Yah, zero luck:

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Steffen Moeller
Am Dienstag 17 Januar 2006 11:07 schrieb Reinhard Tartler: Am Montag, den 16.01.2006, 18:36 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess: Please consider ALL code written/maintained by me that is present in Ubuntu and is not bit-identical to code/binaries in Debian to be not suitable for release with my name on

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:45:13PM +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au wrote: * for changes that are likely to be useful in Debian or generally, submit the change upstream, by filing a bug with a minimal patch included to bugs.debian.org, or by the appropriate mechanism further

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:45:13PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 11:07:40AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: There have been no responses which would indicate what we should do. Actually, there've been lots, some of them are just contradictory. There was a lot of

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:58:28AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Reinhard Tartler wrote: What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on debian-devel twice for a decision from debian how ubuntu should handle the maintainer Field without any luck:

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread David Weinehall
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:25:40AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: [snip] There will always be differing personal preferences, but in spite of these, there are times when an organization needs to take an official position on behalf of its members, even if they don't all agree, so that other

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 11:07:40AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on debian-devel twice for a decision from debian how ubuntu should handle the maintainer Field without any luck: [...] This is a call for discussion: What does debian actually

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Joey Hess wrote: Please consider ALL code written/maintained by me that is present in Ubuntu and is not bit-identical to code/binaries in Debian to be not suitable for release with my name on it. Then how would d-i+debconf have gotten some of the enhancments that you

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Stephen Frost
* Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: * for unmodified debs (including ones that have been rebuilt, possibly with different versions of libraries), keep the Maintainer: field the same Joey Hess and others in this thread have said that this is not acceptable to them. What I

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Adam Heath
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Anthony Towns wrote: What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on debian-devel twice for a decision from debian how ubuntu should handle the maintainer Field without any luck: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/01/msg00678.html

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Joey Hess
Joey Hess wrote: FYI, I refuse to allow the fact that my code happens to be present in a currently perceived as high profile distribution to hold my time hostage. I've never done it before with other high profile distributions (Corel's mangling of alien comes to mind), and I won't start now.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 07:01:42PM +0100, David Weinehall wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:25:40AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: [snip] There will always be differing personal preferences, but in spite of these, there are times when an organization needs to take an official position on

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my opinion, it's much more practical and reasonable for there to be an agreement on consistent treatment of all packages, than for each Debian derivative to try to please individual maintainers with differing tastes on this subject. Your strategy

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 11:07:40AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: CC:ing -project because this is a project wide call for discussion. Am Montag, den 16.01.2006, 18:36 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess: Please consider ALL code written/maintained by me that is present in Ubuntu and is not

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 12:37:15PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my opinion, it's much more practical and reasonable for there to be an agreement on consistent treatment of all packages, than for each Debian derivative to try to please

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 17 janvier 2006 à 12:46 -0600, Adam Heath a écrit : On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Anthony Towns wrote: What I find very dissapointing is that mdz asked on debian-devel twice for a decision from debian how ubuntu should handle the maintainer Field without any luck:

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 12:37:15PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my opinion, it's much more practical and reasonable for there to be an agreement on consistent treatment of all packages, than for each

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:05:35PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That simply isn't true, and taken at face value, it's insulting, because you attribute malicious intent. Um, I have said nothing about your intent. I think you are desperate

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If that were true, you wouldn't be having this conversation with me. It is costing me an unreasonable amount of time to deal with this trivial issue, and I've spent a disproportionate amount of it going in circles with you. I'm quickly losing interest

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:58:40PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If that were true, you wouldn't be having this conversation with me. It is costing me an unreasonable amount of time to deal with this trivial issue, and I've spent a

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:25:40AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: Personally, I'd suggest: * for unmodified debs (including ones that have been rebuilt, possibly with different versions of libraries), keep the Maintainer: field the same Joey Hess and others in this thread have said

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread David Nusinow
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:58:40PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If that were true, you wouldn't be having this conversation with me. It is costing me an unreasonable amount of time to deal with this trivial issue, and I've spent a

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
David Nusinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:58:40PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If that were true, you wouldn't be having this conversation with me. It is costing me an unreasonable amount of time to deal with this

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 16:54, Matt Zimmerman wrote: You have not ever shown a serious interest in what Debian would like. This is, again, insulting, and nonsensical in the face of the repeated dialogues I have initiated and participated in with Debian developers regarding Ubuntu

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-17 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: David Nusinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:58:40PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm quickly losing interest in discussing this with you at all, to be honest.

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-16 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello Joey, On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Joey Hess wrote: Leaving ubuntu out of this, what puzzles me about your message, Raphael, is this: Raphael Hertzog wrote: If you have some uploads pending, and would like to see those packages included [...] If for whatever reason you don't want to

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 08:51:12AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hello Joey, On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Joey Hess wrote: Leaving ubuntu out of this, what puzzles me about your message, Raphael, is this: Raphael Hertzog wrote: If you have some uploads pending, and would like to see those

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-16 Thread Joey Hess
Raphael Hertzog wrote: Not really... it happens quite often that I plan on working on a new upstream version (or whatever) but for various reasons, I do not prioritze it much because I know I will do it in time for etch... I think that nearly anyone on the release team will tell you that this

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-16 Thread Joey Hess
Matthew Palmer wrote: It's a hell of a lot better than having useless crap with your name on it in a stable release of something as high profile as Ubuntu, though. FYI, I refuse to allow the fact that my code happens to be present in a currently perceived as high profile distribution to hold

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-16 Thread Joey Hess
Raphael Hertzog wrote: Not really... it happens quite often that I plan on working on a new upstream version (or whatever) but for various reasons, I do not prioritze it much because I know I will do it in time for etch... however I may be interested to have that better version in Ubuntu as

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:27:31 -0800, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 01:26:25AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 11:35:24PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: I believe Ubuntu fills an important gap in the Debian world and as such Ubuntu is

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:57:15 +0100, Raphael Hertzog [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hello, On Sat, 14 Jan 2006, Bill Allombert wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 11:35:24PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: I believe Ubuntu fills an important gap in the Debian world and as such Ubuntu is not part of

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 02:26:36AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: That's kind of a strange position to take, isn't it? Does this mean that the many users who use Debian directly sheerly on technical excellence alone, without sharing Debian's founding values, are not part of the Debian

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-15 Thread Joey Hess
Leaving ubuntu out of this, what puzzles me about your message, Raphael, is this: Raphael Hertzog wrote: If you have some uploads pending, and would like to see those packages included [...] If for whatever reason you don't want to upload the new package to Debian directly [...] This seems

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:27:31PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 01:26:25AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 11:35:24PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: I believe Ubuntu fills an important gap in the Debian world and as such Ubuntu is not part of

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