Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense group in launchpad

[Chris Andrew]

All,

I'm not going to get into the Launchpad debate, as last time I did,
somebody pointed-out the gmail is non-free, and I use that.

I'm not really sure how _upstream_ is managed, but just to answer my
silly question, when we raise a bug and notify the maintainer, is that
not sufficient?  Surely this will then spread from the maintainer to
all distros that contain the buggy package, and not just Ubuntu for
example.

I am not trying to object to anything here, just to clarify in my mind
the best mechanism for making free (or not so free) software better.

Many thanks,

Chris.

On 26/03/2008, Karl Goetz <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 23:48 +0200, Yavor Doganov wrote:
>  > Karl Goetz wrote:
>  > >
>  > > I've setup a gNewSense group in Launchpad [1] to help us keep track
>  > > of bugs that affect us.
>  >
>  > > If you find something (eg a freedom bug) that will affect us,
>  >
>  > I find it very surpising, or more precisely, *disturbing* to track
>  > bugs for a distrbution aiming to be entirely free via a non-free
>  > bug tracking system.
>  >
>  > Remember, there is a general rule about every idea you'd want to find
>  > followers: Practice what you preach.
>  >
>  > Using non-free software just because it is "shiny" or convenient
>  > undermines the goal behind gNewSense.
>  >
>
>
> Not filing a bug upstream results in no one else being able to benefit
>  from the work done in gNewSense, and results in every change we make
>  staying our problem forever.
>
>  The launchpad team isnt to remove our bugs.gnewsense.org BTS, its to
>  forward problems to ubuntu.
>  kk
>
>
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