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Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report

Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report

Posted Oct 2, 2008 16:12 UTC (Thu) by dberkholz (subscriber, #23346)
In reply to: Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report by dlang
Parent article: Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report

why do you expect ubunto to submit a patch for every bug they report?
How does tracking a useful metric imply that it's expected to reach 100%? Keeping track of one additional piece of data could make a big step toward disproving the common thought that Ubuntu doesn't contribute enough upstream.


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Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report

Posted Oct 2, 2008 16:31 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

Ok, I misread the question.

I read it as an attack based on the fact that a ubuntu bug gets linked against an upstream bug without submitting a patch.

if it was intended to only be a request to document if such a patch was generated then it's a very different story.

however I would expect that the percentage of linked bugs where a patch is provided would be _very_ low. I think this is very reasonable, ubuntu (or any other distro) may produce a patch, but most of the time they shouldn't.

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