Distribution quotes of the week

Charles Babbage wasn’t lying when he said “The only thing that would make my Difference Engine any better would be a modern customisable desktop environment that didn’t deviate from traditional desktop paradigms (unless I wanted it to.)” In a long lost diary entry Ada Lovelace scribbled “If only my code could be matched to an OS that had a perfect blend of usability and style accompanied by a handpicked selection of quality software packages.” ENIAC, moments before being unplugged in 1956, spat out a final message: “Give us a reboot when Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS is out will ya?”

An advantage of code that is dead upstream is that everyone ships the same sources.

This makes porting fixes from one distribution to another trivial.

It's important that the openSUSE Project is a free and open Project for anyone to contribute to.
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I greatly appreciate the fact that we have contributors who feel able to be part of this project entirely under an identity of their choosing, perhaps one which is significantly different from the identity they hold when interacting with other communities or legal entities.

I strongly feel that such an approach is the true way to fostering diversity within openSUSE, which is a worthwhile goal, long held as part of our projects Guiding Principles.

Not speaking to this case specifically, but in general I would try to convince maintainers with some combination of irrefutable argument and well-tested patches (combined with a friendly demeanour and a rhethorical flourish) rather than try and summon the "mob" from debian-devel if I didn't immediately get my way. ;)