Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>:
> guido wrote:
> > BTW, what do you mean by "upstream"?
>
> looks like freebsd lingo: the original maintainer of a
> piece of software (outside the bsd universe).
Debian lingo, too. Hmm...maybe this needs to go into the Jargon File.
Yes, it does. I just added:
@hd{upstream} @g{adj.} @p{} [common] Towards the original author(s) or
maintainer(s) of a project. Used in connection with software that
is distributed both in its original source form and in derived,
adapted versions through a distribution like Debian Linux or one of
the BSD ports that has component maintainers for each of their
parts. When a component maintainer receives a bug report or patch,
he may choose to retain the patch as a porting tweak to the
distribution's derivative of the project, or to pass it upstream to
the project's maintainer. The antonym @d{downstream} is rare.
@comment ESR (seen on the Debian and Python lists)
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