From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXDbW-0007Wi-0d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:50:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B574DE030F; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:50:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3.laposte.net (out4.laposte.net [193.251.214.121]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91541E030F for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:50:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from meplus.info (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf8301.laposte.net (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 901E57000088 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:50:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from ? (91-164-154-204.rev.libertysurf.net [91.164.154.204]) by mwinf8301.laposte.net (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 57F3A7000083 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:50:07 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20090211115007360.57F3A7000083@mwinf8301.laposte.net Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:47:06 +0100 From: Nicolas Sebrecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: The Linux Ecosystem (with funny references to Gentoo vs Canonical) Message-ID: <20090211114706.GG20834@ultras> References: <499109B3.1050100@gmail.com> <499115DE.4040900@gmail.com> <200902100841.40152.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200902100841.40152.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-me-spamlevel: not-spam X-me-spamrating: 40.000000 X-me-spamcause: OK, (-130)(0000)gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrvdektddrkeekucetggdotefuucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuoehnohhnvgeqnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecuucdlqddutddtmdenlhhinhhugicuihhnuchsuhgsjhgvtghtucdlqdeftddm X-Archives-Salt: cf01b3d1-f167-4c34-b893-5c53e72692af X-Archives-Hash: 389c60581bae6fbfe581263daf1d5ceb On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 08:41:39AM +0000, Mick wrote: > > This video brought up an interesting question by my friend (an ubuntu > > user). How would one go about getting Canonical or the ubuntu community > > to change their practice of not contributing fixes back upstream? It's all about dev mentality and habits. It a known issue with Canonical. AFAIK, they are trying to change. That's what Mark Shuttleworth did announce at least (don't know the facts). > So, essentially we are > talking about different user profiles here. The video is more about developpers than users. The upstream (as I understand here from the video and the Joshua Doll's post) is what we find upstream from the maintainers of the distribution. I guess that Joshua wasn't talking about the users at all. -- Nicolas Sebrecht