[Merge] lp:~kirkland/ubuntu-dev-tools/612267 into lp:ubuntu-dev-tools

Lucas Nussbaum lucas at lucas-nussbaum.net
Thu Aug 12 11:57:23 BST 2010


On 11/08/10 at 12:41 -0400, James Westby wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:32:34 -0400, Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > We have some initiatives right now, trying to make it easier for
> > people to get new applications into Ubuntu, and the Ubuntu Software
> > Center.  This is merely a 10-line, GPL'd shell script, and most
> > developers agree on its usefulness.  But the experience of giving this
> > code away for the benefit of others is less than ideal.  I'm happy to
> > persevere, push it to the right place, do the right thing.  But will
> > the next aspiring developer who wants to share a small, useful hack
> > bother themselves with the process?
> 
> Maybe as an Ubuntu core-dev you want to upload a useful-hacks package
> and accept all contributions in this vein in to that?

Isn't that what moreutils already is?

- Lucas



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