Divergulent 0.1
This is just a delightfully retconned note to say that Divergulent 0.1 was released on this date. Checkout GitHub for the details.
It appears to be Debian’s stance that the behavior I experienced is completely normal
Unsurprisingly, I awoke to a disappointing response from the Debian bugs team. The email was sent privately so I wont post it here, but it boils down to “nah man, this is normal”. On a whim, I have therefore asked the Debian TC if they have a policy on quality and correctness review of patches inserted by Debian into upstream software:
Let’s see if the Debian complaints process gets anywhere
On the recommendation of a friend on a business themed social network, I have just sent the following email to owners@bugs.debian.org about my experiences on the Debian bug tracker recently. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of it.