It's not the way Canonical works though, so it's a clear line between what Red Hat does and what Canonical does. (SUSE is upstream first)
Re:A response to the git.centos.org changes
by rbanffy on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @09:50AM
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Canonical is a very idiosyncratic company. They mostly tend to do their own stuff their own way (like snaps), sometimes they make something incredible (such as Launchpad), and then mismanage it into irrelevance.
Eventually they'll get it right.
This really is the Only Sane Way To Go, as you don’t want to support your patches forever. And reapply them on every release.