On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:51:35AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:37:46AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > What we're speaking of is synergy between both distributions. You know the > > > it's the principle behind “the combination of both is worth more that the > > > sum of individual parts”. > > > > What kind of synergy could Debian get from Ubuntu which it couldn't > > get in the past? I surely haven't seen any in the past. > > As you might have noticed, Ubuntu is used by lots of people and > they start having some influence on upstream projects. Those projects do > some effort to ensure that Ubuntu has a good version of their software > (sometimes by using a version that does not come from Debian sid). > > If Ubuntu and Debian used the same version, the incentive would be even > bigger to publish a really good version because it's going to be used > very widely in the next 3 years. > > Also in many cases, Ubuntu and Debian teams can't fully collaborate > because they do not target the same upstream version, freezing at the same > time should make it possible to achieve this goal.
I still see that Ubuntu gets more benefit from that decision. Also, the release team's stunning silence to questions asked about their decisions makes me wonder. > > > We'll keep our user base > > > > That's what I doubt. Ubuntu LTS will be better than Debian stable in > > all aspects, why should anybody continue using Debian stable? > > Why are you using Debian and not Ubuntu? Because I'm a dinosaur who doesn't like changing things. > I'm also quite convinced that by doing better communication/marketing > that explains what we are, we can continue to attract new users and new > developers. We have always sucked at communicating. The timed freeze issue is a good example for that. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org