From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-06-12T10:32:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Serious danger of being impressed

On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 04:27:01PM +0900, Dick Davies wrote:
> Ok, thanks for the advert. Debian has its own problems, but this isn't
> the place to discuss them.
> 
> On 11/06/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> 
> >Ubuntu is a Debian *fork*.

Uhh . . . what?  I said it was a fork.  I didn't say it was crap.  I'm
not sure where you're coming from with the hostile tone.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(software_development):

  In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a
  copy of source code from one software package and start independent
  development on it, creating a distinct piece of software.

From http://wiki.ursine.ca/Fork:

  In the open-source community, a fork is what occurs when two (or more)
  versions of a software package's source code are being developed in
  parallel which once shared a common code base, and these multiple
  versions of the source code have irreconcilable differences between
  them.

(Note: The commentary about Linux distribution forking in the Jargon Wiki
is somewhat naive, in terms of its assumptions about the differences
between Linux distributions.  The key component of forking is
incompatibility, not whether or not something is composed primarily of
widely available elements.)

So . . . why does your statement read as though you thought I said
"Ubuntu is a *crappy Debian fork*!"?  I said nothing of the kind in my
statement as quoted by you.  I pointed out that Ubuntu and Debian are not
compatible -- are not, in fact, simply different implementations of the
same standard, as the previous message seemed to imply.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
Thomas McCauley: "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do
if he knew he would never be found out."