On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 04:58:58PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 04:48:37PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > So yes, I do have a problem with the way Canonical is taking developer > > commitment away from Debian, at least if and when maintainers no longer > > honor their Debian commitments *and* do not allow others to take over the > > work for Debian. > > I do not completely agree that this is Canonical's fault. IMHO it is > our fault as well if we do not step in by using the defined ways we have > (Technical Committee) and sort out the situation for the profit of our > users. Allowing *any* maintainer (be it an Ubuntu employee or not) to > block important packages should not happen and I do not think that we > should mix up this situation with Ubuntu relations which might or might > not here one specific reason for the maintainer. But there could be > other reasons as well and we should care for the fact in general instead > of fighting a Debian - Ubuntu flamewar.
(Please correct me where I am wrong) True. IIUC, From a technical point of view, the Social Contract demands commitments from contributors with regard to their work for Debian; and nobody has committed to do X in Debian before they do it for someone else. So, I believe it'd be unwise to use one's affiliations outside of Debian as a means to justify one's complaint. Thanks. Kumar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
