On Dec 18, 2014, at 7:39 AM, Arno Hautala <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Daniel J. Luke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> why would homebrew pull the patch from trac.macports.org (instead of >> svn.macports.org)? > > Whoever wrote that brewfile probably copied the build configuration > from MacPorts, or copied just the patch when it became an issue. They > just didn't bother to rehost it. > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Homebrew's been "reusing" stuff for a while now. > > It's a bit ironic, but aside from that, the potential for breakage > when the patch changes, and the lapse in etiquette of not rehosting is > there any problem here? Is the patch released under some license that > would restrict reuse like this? > > I feel like Homebrew has backed down a bit from their initial > hostility towards this project. Agreed. I like homebrew. I have never used it myself but I know many that do and I have looked at homebrew patches and configure args on occasion. Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)
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