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Re:Ian Jackson Resigns from Debian Technical Committee by Lai0chee on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @10:32AM (#8630528)
How do other distros solve this "issue"?
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Re:Ian Jackson Resigns from Debian Technical Committee by sethrin on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @10:42AM (#8630582)
Please see this for more background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation_software_re...
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Re:Ian Jackson Resigns from Debian Technical Committee by Xylakant on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @10:37AM (#8630555)
AFAIK, they do not include unofficial patches.
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Re:Ian Jackson Resigns from Debian Technical Committee by _delirium on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @10:49AM (#8630629)
Some do, but they have them Mozilla-approved. Vendor-specific patches are allowed in a product called "Firefox", if Mozilla approves the patches before release. I believe Red Hat is one vendor that does that. Debian won't agree to include a package that needs third-party approval of modifications, though.
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Re:Ian Jackson Resigns from Debian Technical Committee by Xylakant on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @11:54AM (#8631097)
I'm sorry about the miswording - I meant "unoffical" as in "not officially approved". Thanks for the correction.
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