On 26-Apr-01, 06:52 (CDT), "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25 Apr 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: >> Second, I can't keep track of who "upstream" is for all the Debian >> packages. >> > > Why not? It's in the copyright file of each package. If it isn't--that's > a bug. > > Zhaoway is right that you're a big boy and can talk to upstream > developers without having to go through a middleman.
Yes, Thomas *could* report the bug upstream. However, he shouldn't have to; one of the Debian developer's jobs is to deal with this kind of stuff, even if "dealing with it" is only forwarding it upstream and marking it as such in the BTS. Our user's have every right to expect this. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
