On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:15:15PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:03:05 -0800, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >Do you realize that Xandros, who maintains a Debian derivative which they > >box and sell for US$50-$129 per copy, leaves the Maintainer field > >unmodified, and as far as I'm aware, was doing so for a period of *years* > >before Ubuntu even existed? This never seemed to bother anyone, and > >personally, I don't think it's a big deal either. > > Xandros does not employ a significant number of people in important > single-point-of-failure-positions in Debian, most notably not the > people who are notoriously known for not doing the job they have > volunteered for.
Apart from its questionable accuracy, this is a red herring and has nothing to do with how derivatives should treat the Maintainer field. > Additionally, Xandros doesn't have nearly the user base that Ubuntu > has, and they are not nearly as loud PR-wise as Ubuntu is. Likewise, I don't think that the popularity of a derivative is an important consideration on this point. What exactly do you consider "loud" PR? Ubuntu doesn't exactly mount campaigns; what messaging there is is by word of mouth. Other Debian derivatives buy ad space on Google keywords like "Debian". -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]