[03:07] <mfisch> Is there a good reason why someone would just merge directly from upstream and not from debian?
[03:07] <mfisch> latexila has been merged direct from upstream several times since last spring instead of debian
[03:09] <mfisch> looks like Ubuntu was ahead of debian for those so perhaps thats why, but it seems like wasted effort to some extent
[03:14] <RAOF> mfisch: Generally it's better to go via Debian, but that's dependent on the uploader actually being able to go via Debian.
[03:14] <mfisch> Perhaps there was a pressing need to be ahead of debian in this case
[03:14] <RAOF> If the Debian maintainer's unresponsive, or just plain less responsive than the person who's interested in it in Ubuntu, then going Ubuntu first while Debian catches up isn't too bad.
[03:20] <mfisch> Hopefully debian merges the new upstream in the same way so it can merge back together at some point
[03:24] <RAOF> Right.
[07:37] <Rhonda> Hmm, it made it to /. that sabdfl did win the austrian big brother award …