Re: Advantage of Linux distributions (was: Diashapes 0.2.2 released)

[Ron Wilson <wilsonronl gmail com>]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:00 AM,  <dia-list-request gnome org> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:32:02 +0200
> From: "W. Martin Borgert" <debacle debian org>
>
> For me the whole point of using Debian (same goes for Ubuntu
> etc.) is this: I can install anything I want using the package
> management system and I do not have to rely on any additional
> software distribution system, be it copying around zip files.
> Any updates, any bug fixes, everything goes through the same
> system. Any bug reports go to the same address. I like it :~)

I have always assumed that the distro maintainers were too busy with
packaging the distro to deal with anything other than actual package
problems. Unless I am sure it is a packaging issue, I do not file a
bug report with the distro. For application issues, I look at the
app's bug database to see if the issue has already been reported and
only submit a bug if there is not already a report. Sometimes I try to
build the app myself, but more often, I just wait for the distro to
catch up.