Thanks for that Lukas. I couldnt have said it any better myself :D
@Tres I am not sure if it was you or Vesa who said to run a diff on the
original source code and the version we ship to see what the differences
are and this person did that for us.
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Lukas W. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tres wrote:
> > Why would anyone go through this work when the one bundled is just fine?
>
> If it's the same as the one shipped with Gentoo, it would be pointless
> to have it twice in the release. That's why they are asking us if our
> version has lmms-specific changes or if they can safely remove it and
> use the shipped one instead. For this, they provided us with a diff
> between the two versions.
>
> That diff is not going to be applied, it's only showing the difference
> for us to check.
>
> 2014-04-26 3:21 GMT+02:00 Tres Finocchiaro <[email protected]>:
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> What was done was the dev did a diff of the original resid source
> compared
> >> to the lmms version to ensure the changes that are in the lmms version
> dont
> >> have specific lmms tweaks. In another email I was told resid has had no
> >> release since 2004.
> >>
> >
> > There must be something that's not being explained. Why would anyone go
> > through this work when the one bundled is just fine? Is there something
> > special about how Gentoo does its compiling? Is the one bundled
> problematic
> > for some reason that's not explained?
> >
> > Your original question was:
> >
> >> could you tell me if this diff of resid source in lmms is patch with
> >> specific stuff for lmms or not please
> >
> >
> > I think what you are asking is whether or not the lmms version's patches
> are
> > specific to lmms and I think the obvious answer is "yes, the lmms
> version's
> > patches are specif to lmms". lmms loads these from a "plugins" directory
> > seemingly for these reasons.
> >
> > I'm growing quite puzzled about both the gentoo and ubuntu building
> > questions since they don't really explain any end goal or any steps that
> are
> > being taken. When I see source being stored in /var/tmp I grow even more
> > confused. :)
> >
> > I think this is all part of a portage process that I don't entirely
> > understand, but these steps are usually sequential and they usually
> follow a
> > standardized process. Giving us a better view on what's happening could
> > certainly help us understand the motives behind your questions. :)
> >
> > -Tres
> >
> >
> >
> >
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