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RHEL is only a couple of thousand packages, and yes Red Hat absolutely does contribute to many, many packages that we use. Probably not every single one, but m
by rwmj 3y ago
RHEL is only a couple of thousand packages, and yes Red Hat absolutely does contribute to many, many packages that we use. Probably not every single one, but most of them and most definitely every one that needs fixes. The principle is called "upstream first".
- rbanffy 3y ago> The principle is called "upstream first". This really is the Only Sane Way To Go, as you don’t want to support your patches forever. And reapply them on every release.
- rwmj 3y agoIt's not the way Canonical works though, so it's a clear line between what Red Hat does and what Canonical does. (SUSE is upstream first)
- rbanffy 3y agoCanonical is a very idiosyncratic company. They mostly tend to do their own stuff their own way (like snaps), sometimes they make something incredible (such as Launchpad), and then mismanage it into irrelevance. Eventually they'll get it right.