If Ubuntu is killing Debian it is like saying the is the "parasite is killing the host" (excuse the strong analogy). Don't get me wrong, I personally use Mepis (which also depends on Debian) however I think it sad that though these distros and loads of others are benefiting from debian's flexible packaging mechanism and debian's voluntary community, they aare not contributing the patches and fixes back to debian.
From Distrowatch you can see http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=independ ence that there are 129 distros based on debian (including 50 based on knoppix) witch use debain packages and update them over the debian infrastructure. The other distros come nowhere close on these stats.
I believe distros like Ubuntu, Knoppix, Mepis, Xandros, etc all definitely have a right to exist as customizations of debian to serve different tastes and needs, however I think anything beyond
customizations should be contributed back to debian packages (e.g. patches, fixes). This means also that not just debian but the 128 other distros can benefit too.
IMO Sarge should only be released when it is as rock solid, secure and stable as Woody otherwise you are violating debian's release standards, but really more important than Sarge is the number of packages the debian community maintains. I fell the debian community is not getting the recognition it deserves as none of these other distros I mentioned could exist without them.
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If Ubuntu is killing Debian it is like saying the is the "parasite is killing the host" (excuse the strong analogy). Don't get me wrong, I personally use Mepis (which also depends on Debian) however I think it sad that though these distros and loads of others are benefiting from debian's flexible packaging mechanism and debian's voluntary community, they aare not contributing the patches and fixes back to debian.
d ence that there are 129 distros based on debian (including 50 based on knoppix) witch use debain packages and update them over the debian infrastructure. The other distros come nowhere close on these stats.
From Distrowatch you can see http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=indepen
I believe distros like Ubuntu, Knoppix, Mepis, Xandros, etc all definitely have a right to exist as customizations of debian to serve different tastes and needs, however I think anything beyond customizations should be contributed back to debian packages (e.g. patches, fixes). This means also that not just debian but the 128 other distros can benefit too.
IMO Sarge should only be released when it is as rock solid, secure and stable as Woody otherwise you are violating debian's release standards, but really more important than Sarge is the number of packages the debian community maintains. I fell the debian community is not getting the recognition it deserves as none of these other distros I mentioned could exist without them.
please correct me if I am mis-informed..