A project fork doesn't have to be an exact dircopy of an old branch of code, but can contain extracts.
Nick
Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:50:11 +0100 Simon Stelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| > * the package is actively maintained and herded in metadata.xml
| | the bug is lying around for several months,
| | > * the package maintainer is easily contactable by irc or email
| | the package maintainer isn't on irc and did never comment the bug
| and your patch is only applyied on a specific arch which is CC'ed or | even in the AssignedTo field of the bug?
Didn't we decide that arch specific patches were a bad idea?
| Of course it's always better to ask first, but would it still be rude | in such a case? What if a revbump isn't needed?
Naah, if the maintainer has vanished and there's no herd backing them up (or the entire herd has vanished) then it's a whole different story.
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