On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 01:24:09PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net> wrote:
>
> > > Most of the userspace programs from Solaris are close to unmaintained
> > > these days.
> > >
> > > If I make bug-fixes and enhancements for Sun software, I try to inform
> > > people
> > > about what I did and I give the permission to use it but I don't have the
> > > time
> > > to run after an "upstream" integration. If Sun is not interested in these
> > > enhancements, it is a Sun problem.
> >
> > You could at least raise a CR pointing out that there are changes to
> > integrate and where to get them. Expecting Sun to follow your
> > derivative is too much.
>
> If generic announcement systems for software updates like
> sourcewell.berlios.de
> and freshmeat.net are not sufficient, then Sun would need to offer a Sun
> website to repeat this feature.
I'm not sure I follow. We were talking about downstream changes that
you are making, not changes that Sun are making.
> It is typically impossible to find the current Sun maintainers for a piece of
> fostware and the names change freqhently in some areas.
Raising a ticket at bugs.opensolaris.org pushes the onus of merging onto
Sun, I thought that's what you wanted.
Ceri
--
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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