I know how you feel. I recently posted a patch for rpmrc which they won't accept because they think it's "wrong," but I'm willing to bet almost every Mandrake Linux user would disagree with them. Apparently they don't care.
--- Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Easier said than done. A few things would need to be > put in motion. > 1. Is that the patches are accepted and plugged > 2. Figuring out what needs to be "cleaned up" for > compatibility reasons > 3. Help from other people > > There's no sense in anyone doing such a thing unless > the patches will be > accepted and intergrated, thus far I feel doubtful > that any of them will > be. Prior patches I've submitted not regarding GNOME > (mpg123, msec, > etc...) were never accepted and intergrated, you're > the only one who has > responded to to this xmms.spec patch, that says > enough there. > > How I'm going about this right now as from a pure > "loner" method. > I'm simply building cooker packages that I use > (except for GNOME and the > kernel), if I run into an oops, I make a patch : ) > > As far as help, it would be nice if others would get > involved, but > simply voicing yourself for compatibility is a good > step. > > Thus, I'm still on that "loner" method until I see > otherwise. > > Compatibility is this sense has to be mutual. > > Where does this leave us? : ) > > > -- > Bryan Paxton > Public PGP key: http://www.deadhorse.net/bpaxton.gpg > > "Heedfulness: the path to the Deathless. > Heedlessness: the path to death. > The heedful do not die. > The heedless are as if already dead." -- Dhp. 21-24 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com
