Thanks for your advice and upload. The reason I used a separate patch file was that I thought it would keep the Ubuntu delta cleaner and easier to remove this patch and keep the rest if Debian includes the patch. FWIW I sent the patch to Debian the same day as I posted it here. I wish they were more responsive (like you) so we could avoid this double work. And then there are people who say that Ubuntu doesn't contribute back...
Thanks for your advice and upload. The reason I used a separate patch file was that I thought it would keep the Ubuntu delta cleaner and easier to remove this patch and keep the rest if Debian includes the patch. FWIW I sent the patch to Debian the same day as I posted it here. I wish they were more responsive (like you) so we could avoid this double work. And then there are people who say that Ubuntu doesn't contribute back...