Excerpts from Carl (CBM)'s message of Mon Aug 02 19:06:42 -0400 2010: > I am not a Debian developer, and I agree that sending fixes upstream > is good. But surely you're aware that the whole point of "Debian > stable" is that it does ***not*** change to newer versions of programs > after release, apart from security fixes? Debian is well known for > taking the word "stable" seriously (e.g. [1]) and it's a reason people > choose them.
Ryan's complaint is: 1. Distributors frequently get backported patches wrong (usually due to a lack of expertise or manpower), and 2. Distributors roll patches without telling upstream developers who would happily accept them into the mainline. However, upstream developers are often guilty of ignoring a distribution's needs, so it goes both ways. Cheers, Edward _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l