Le 23/08/2010 11:13, Ralf Treinen a écrit : >>>> Whenever you patch the source, IMHO, you limit the patch to: >>>> - fix the build system to make it compile on Debian (source -> binary >>>> package, new OCaml version) >>>> - fix security bugs >>> >>> Certainly not. We do add features (I am speaking here of debian packages >>> in general, not only of ocaml libraries), and we fix things that are >>> broken.
Not any feature. I would tend to agree with Sylvain on this one. It may cause portability issues with non-Debian users, and can make the packaging harder to maintain and update (see advi, for example). > [...] The bug fixes and the code are communicated to > upstream, who usually will use them (but a fixed release will be > published much later), or something doesn't agree. If the patch is committed upstream, then I guess it's ok to put it in the Debian package if it is backward compatible somehow... but still, care should be taken and I wouldn't do that if I wasn't following upstream development more than for my average package. Upstream development should be done upstream (I don't say that the packager should not contribute...). A package is perfect when the packaging is trivial and there are no patches. Cheers, -- Stéphane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
