I know from previous posts to the list discussing a patch-free distro that some LFS members like to make no or minimal modifications to source. I was wondering if there's anyone on the list who enjoys modifying Open Source code and adding their own patches to projects. For me, the whole point of using Open Source is so that I can make modifications if the program doesn't quite suit my needs. Would be interested in talking to others who like to patch the programs/libraries/packages they use. Does anyone else on this list enjoy modifying code or does anyone know of any good forums to discuss this sort of thing? Would appreciate hearing from you.
I'm currently working on patching some of the SDL based programs I use to work with SDL 2.x and not just SDL 1.2.15. I updated pdftxt to work with a later version of mupdf. I added SDL_TTF support to pdcurses and got versions of libmenu and libform to work with it. Working on other modifications as well. I typically submit my patches to the Open Source project they were created for. Some get accepted (like some of my pdcurses patches). Some don't. Some projects are no longer actively managed. Would be very interested to hear what others are working on when they modify or add their own features to source code. Sincerely, Laura http://www.distasis.com/cpp/lmbld.htm -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
