On 20.03.2014 00:07, Robie Basak wrote: > Taking arbitrary patches that aren't upstream impose a maintenance burden.
Please discuss the patch that IS available in this ticket for almost four years on it's technical merits and demerits instead of calling other people's work "arbitrary". It makes your argument sound rather arbitrary IMVHO. You said yourself that upstream is inactive. Same goes for Debian. That I think is a reason FOR introducing a patch and delta, not against it. Your line of argument really simply surprised me on that point. If ever there is a reason for Ubuntu to carry a Delta isn't it for an important piece of software that is lingering upstream and in Debian? Again, we should discuss the technical merits and demerits. >> I'm certainly doing my part to change this situation I bemoan > Please become active upstream, release something that fixes this bug, > and get it sorted in Debian. Then you'll have fixed the problem for the > entire FOSS community, not just Ubuntu. I am a Debian Maintainer, thank you. I am very active with bug triage, including this ticket. Yet, I can't save the world on my own. For example, I have no upload rights to Ubuntu whatsoever. Re "release something that fixes this bug". Really? There IS a patch attached to this ticket, you know. For a Debian NMU, I'd need to be DD. BTW, even though it must sound like it, this does not go against you personally. You're just the poor guy who actually had the courage to touch this ticket ;-) I appreciate that, but I still maintain that it is a shame that Ubuntu routinely let's other people's helpful work bitrot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to iptraf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/691854 Title: Patch for adding support for bridge and bond interfaces and support showing speed as mbit/mbytes/gbit/gbytes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iptraf/+bug/691854/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
