Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:05:09 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Debian Kernels was: 2.6.0test9 Reiserfs boot time "buffer layer error at fs/buffer.c:431" |
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Hi!
> > If distribution had all packages unmodified, it would be useless... > > Just contrary I'd state that this would be the "perfect world", because this > would mean all projects are in perfect shape and all patches have gone to the > respective maintainers.
Okay, in the perfect world we'd have just one distribution with all packages unmodified. Well.. but we are not there yet.
> > So I'd expect all distros to have at least some changes in their > > kernel... the same way I expect distros to have some patches in > > midnight commander etc. > > So you say midnight commanders' maintainer is an a**hole, or what? > If you think some project needs patches, then please talk to its
Debian having diffs vs. vanilla midnight does not mean anything negative about its maintainer: Debian well may want different default config, for example (F3 viewer bindings came to mind).
> > Of course it is good to keep the .diff as small as possible. > > diffsize small is wanted. > diffsize zero is unwanted. > What kind of a logic is that? > > Forgive me Pavel, that does not sound thoughtful to me.
If there's bug in the package, I expect Debian to fix the bug and then forward bugfix to the maintainer.
Distribution does not want to wait for maintainer to ACK, especially if its security-related bug.
Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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