Comment 1833 for bug 1

The problem is that on one side we have
"Microsoft"
"Apple"
"Google" and so on, on the other we have
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

Having this kind of fragmentation isn't really BAD for the whole linux community, as a developer I spend so much of my time in fixing bugs and watching if other distros already fixed it.

I don't like your program/distro? instead of contributing and trying to find some balance between requirements I fork your project.

This fork will spare many developers forces, likely die in a couple of years and every good improvement will be lost forever.

This is a bug in linux, not in microsoft in my opinion.

I can understand debian/ubuntu, mint of me is not an useful distro, since it comes with the same pourpose as ubuntu.
Debian instead wants to be stable and "free", so there is a good reason for leaving it.

Anyway I have to say as a developer I NEVER introduced a delta in packages I maintain, I always try to find a way to include the fix in debian too, and wait for the ubuntu sync.