Tollef Fog Heen([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2005-05-31 18:06: > * Stephen Birch > > | The project seems to have established a mechanism for putting new > | packeges directly into Ubuntu. Are new Ubuntu packages also put in > | Debian by the Ubuntu team members? > > Yes.
Let me give you an example. I filed an ITP this morning on a promising package called wifi-radar. After writing the ITP I discovered someone has already built a deb for Ubuntu and placed it on the Ubuntu wiki. But they did not file an ITP. Normal debian etiquette identifies the maintainer of a new package as the first person to file an ITP. So how is this coordinated with Ubuntu? Unless I missed the ITP and filed a double by mistake we appear to have two independent wifi-radar maintainers now. The Ubuntu one and the debian one. In this instance there isnt an issue, I just want to see the software packaged and I'll happily yeald to the other maintainer if he/she wants. But I can see the possibility of a conflict in future when this happens with other packages. > | The Ubuntu literature indicates that Ubuntu is a derivative of debian > | but it looks more like a fork to me. > > It's a spoon. And a very good looking spoon indeed. I like Ubuntu and am switching my customer base over to it from Debian. But I sure want to see good coordination between Ubuntu and Debian. > > | Also, when Ubuntu makes improvements to packages how do those > | improvements flow back to Debian? > > Patches to bugs, debian maintainers picking up the patches from the > patch repository, inter-team communication. It depends. Still looks more like a fork than a derivative ..... or a spoon :-) Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
