On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:55:18PM -0700, Richard Esplin wrote: > I think the Ubuntu contributions get under-represented because of the > practice of tying Launchpad issues to the upstream bug tracker. This > makes it easy to submit resolutions directly upstream. That is the way > many issues I have followed reach resolution.
I agree that bug fixes are great. My gripe is that this is only one form of contribution. > Ubuntu also works very closely with Debian. Many Ubuntu issues are > addressed by submitting new packages into Debian unstable. I suspect > that some of the contributions attributed to Debian actually > originated with Ubuntu developers. That's a fair point, but Ubuntu and Debian share the reputation of isolating themselves. > I don't think treating Ubuntu separate from the Debian community it is > a part of is exactly fair. Ubuntu has been a force in Debian pushing > it to innovate in ways that improve polish and integration for the end > user. At first it was a real challenge for Debian to adjust to the > Ubuntu contributions, but the last couple of years it seems to happen > so smoothly that it goes largely unnoticed. I was aware of bad feelings between Debian and Ubuntu, so it's good to hear that this is improving. > Contributions to Linux plumbing are essential, but I don't believe > that this is the only metric for determining if a distribution is > "parasitic". Plumbing is an important aspect, but not the only one. Compare the following pages: Red Hat / Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions http://www.redhat.com/truthhappens/leadership/osdevelopment/ Canonical / Ubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Website/Content/UbuntuContributions http://www.canonical.com/aboutus/contributions There is a vast difference in both quality and quantity. Imagine how much better the FOSS world would be if Canonical contributed as much per capita as Red Hat does. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
