[Utnubu-discuss] Re: Ubuntu/Debian cooperation [was: Complaint about #debian operator]

Sven Luther sven.luther at wanadoo.fr
Fri Dec 16 08:24:44 UTC 2005


On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 10:19:58PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 15.12.2005, 16:13 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess:
> > Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > > I don't think there is much gain - an attached patch is not much better
> > > than a link, and might annoy people with limited bandwidth.
> > 
> > It's SOP in Debian to attach patches to bug reports. I might consider
> > doing otherwise if the patch exceeded 1 megabyte.
> > 
> > (And yes, I'm on limited bandwidth and yes, I've also lost hours and
> > hometimes days of time because people didn't attach files to emails and
> > I had to wait to get back online to get to them.)
> 
> Point taken. If we'll implement such a thing, it will use common sense
> (patches < 200Kb maybe attached, larger patches just linked). It will
> quickly become evident what limit is preferable.

You may also copy them to a debian server and then link to this known good and
under our control url.

Friendly,

Sven Lther




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