[Python-Dev] Alternative to os.system that takes a list of strings?

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:01:28 -0500


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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