Jérémy Lal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > a similar question can be asked for v8-ppc port, too. > I need some help for taking a decision here. > > If those ports pass v8 test suites and are maintained, then we should > consider having them in debian. I'm a little worried about security > issues, though.
The ideal world would be to only backport patches that have already been accepted upstream, but I realize this is infeasible in most of the cases. I'm a bit worried too about patching upstream for new features, but OTOH architecture porting shouldn't be too invasive. In this case, I believe that requiring some kind of upstream liveness check should be enough: as far as there's somebody updating the patches and reacting to requests/bugs, it's fine for me. Just my 2¢, Luca -- .''`. | ~<[ Luca BRUNO ~ (kaeso) ]>~ : :' : | Email: lucab (AT) debian.org ~ Debian Developer `. `'` | GPG Key ID: 0x3BFB9FB3 ~ Free Software supporter `- | HAM-radio callsign: IZ1WGT ~ Networking sorcerer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
