>>> There are two separate issues I encountered with TA (and Measure). >>> One is the need for patches to the alsa audio to accommodate the >>> special OLPC hardware modifications. >> >>That would need to be accepted upstream by the alsa project, and then >>distros will automatically get the changes when they are part of a >>release. > > Or (less effective but sometimes possible if in a hurry): Convince > distributions to accept patches, even if upstream rejects it (or > temporarily while upstream procedures might be slow).
Fedora at least has a fairly strict policy of using upstream only and will generally reject patches. Peter _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
