-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Yes. And do you know about that from my part having to go look there > for every single package every once in a while to see if there is > something new is a quite broken approach, when having some amount of > packages, especially since these patches often don't really apply to > Debian like in the case of spl: <http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/spl.html> > > The person who does the changes in Ubuntu should propably pretty well > know if something would be helpful to Debian as well and push it back > to Debian in the sense of not having to put any further effort into > maintaining the patch, which is a win-win situation for all involved > parties. > >> Of course, it's better if it gets forwarded to your bugtracker as well - >> but where it doesn't, it's always worthwhile checking the patches >> section for ubuntu patches. > > My perception on "always worthwhile" is most of the time either wasted > time just to find nothing or something, like in the above mentioned > case, that doesn't apply to Debian, which makes it a quite huge effort > for little gain, where a simply notification from the person who changed > something is a little effort for a big gain. > > So long, > Rhonda > Sheesh. Was just a suggestion. It wasn't a "You must do this, or else". No need to start getting antagonistic at me.
You know, mails like this remind me of why some people do *not* send things back to Debian - even though they're aware of how it could be benefiting both distributions, and less work for them in the long run - they're aware of how the maintainer may well bite their head off after offering a suggestion. Just my 2c Hobbsee -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHHza37/o1b30rzoURAnHNAJ44FJ16OQ4MgAPVj2XLzJm8Ppih+QCg8Q6M DIpYDEFP9Msu7bxQ4O4ggxg= =POkc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu