The xfsprogs debian package

[Christoph Hellwig]

[and now with the correct Cc list]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 01:09:36PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Aurelien, Nathan & Anibal,
> 
> is there any chance we can get to a defintive agreement on how to
> maintain the xfsprogs package?  So far the idea of releasing the
> upstream releases as Debian packages at the same time has worked
> great for both Debian, and us xfs developers (which to a large
> extents are heavy Debian users), but "inner" Debian circles heave
> always complained about it.
> 
> Can we please get an explanation of why it is so in proper written
> englush, instead of doing by forced nmus?
> 
> Also Nathan & Anibal - if there is no consesus for keeping the old
> scheme what about dropping it?  We can still keep the main Debian
> packaging in the tree, and find a way to generate a normally NULL
> Debian diff for it.  I'm not quite sure how to do it, but there
> must be some way.
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