Bug#773915: Why not upstream?

[Raphaël Halimi]

Le 09/09/2015 11:21, Andreas Henriksson a écrit :
> Hello Raphaël Halimi.
> 
> Thanks for your bug report and patch!
> 
> I'd like to question a conflict I see in the reasoning around
> "Forwarded: not-needed".
> 
> Why should this not be forwarded upstream?

You're welcome to try, but frankly, I seriously doubt that upstream
could be convinced to include even those two lines of code (let alone a
test for each known xterm-compatible terminal or wrapper, for distros
not using an alternative system) just to accommodate the (many) users of
non-GNOME desktops which rely on Glib to launch applications in a terminal.

> What harm would this change do upstream?

None, aside of a less-than-a-microsecond delay due to the added test.

> If it's not suitable for upstream, why would it be suitable for debian?

Because it would allow to close bug reports in various BTS (see provided
links) in addition to this one, which would provide a great service to a
lot of Debian (and derivatives) users; isn't that what the Debian Social
Contract's clause #4 is all about ?

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1238964
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1415048
[3] https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/57

> glib is a critical component which atleast me (which is not the
> one deciding this) would like to avoid patching at all.
> In general I also think that adding patches which will have
> to be carried *forever* is something you never want to add
> (unless absolutely necessary).

I agree, but as I said, you're welcome to try.

> I think it's important to atleast have answers to these
> questions on the record for the future....

I hope I did.

Regards,

-- 
Raphaël Halimi

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