From: lucas Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:03:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: fix #523985 (apply patch from paul wise about hostile upstreams) X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eee80cde286181bc20d6f446a6cb6100027a5e53;p=developers-reference.git fix #523985 (apply patch from paul wise about hostile upstreams) git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@6755 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index eb55c98..1ced7c8 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing package descriptions. Closes: #516436. * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008. + * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile + upstreams. Closes: #523985. - -- Lucas Nussbaum Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:37:23 +0200 + -- Lucas Nussbaum Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:01:49 +0200 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/developer-duties.dbk b/developer-duties.dbk index 5b7f73d..b2d375f 100644 --- a/developer-duties.dbk +++ b/developer-duties.dbk @@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ can be included there, so that you won't have to modify the sources of the next upstream version. Whatever changes you need, always try not to fork from the upstream sources. + +If you find that the upstream developers are or become hostile towards Debian +or the free software community, you may want to re-consider the need to +include the software in Debian. Sometimes the social cost to the +Debian community is not worth the benefits the software may bring. +