Package: developers-reference Severity: wishlist Please add the attached patch against SVN about dealing with hostile upstreams. See the thread on debian-private I posted the wording to recently for the motivation for this.
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Index: developer-duties.dbk =================================================================== --- developer-duties.dbk (revision 6671) +++ developer-duties.dbk (working copy) @@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ upstream version. Whatever changes you need, always try not to fork from the upstream sources. </para> +<para> +If you find that the upstream developers are or become hostile towards Debian +and or the free software community you may want to re-consider the need to +include the upstream software in Debian. Sometimes the social cost to the +Debian community is not worth the benefits the software may bring. +</para> </section> <section id="rc-bugs">
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