[Debian-science-sagemath] pari-sage or pari ?

[jdemeyer at cage.ugent.be]

> There is generally a reason why a patch is rejected. If things go  
> too slowly, it's ok to add it to your package -- as long as it's  
> documented (see http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ ).

So Debian also adds patches to upstream projects. Why is that OK but  
not for Sage? Why the double standard?

> But that doesn't mean packaging something under a name where users  
> will get lost if they get the same-named software from another  
> distribution : we're packaging an upstream project, not making  
> something out of the blue!
>
> Instead of releasing foo-3.14+0xdeadbeef-p257 in  
> sage-the-distribution as if it were "foo", which it isn't because  
> you considered upstream's offering unsuitable and patched it left  
> and right, just release sagefoo-3.14 in sage-the-distribution.

Is it really just a matter of naming? Because then the whole  
discussion is just silly....


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