> > A patch just out-there will be of little value. It very possibly won't > > apply to future versions or will become a bug if people do apply it. > > Bug/patch trackers and code repositories exist for very good reason. > Exactly so. > But submitting patches to your Distro of choice ought to be fairly easy > and let the distro's package manager decide if it fixes something upstream > and submit it in a professional way.
No, that won't work. If you expect the distro maintainer(s) to be the gatekeepers of all patches to included packages the system will grind to a nearly complete halt. > It does not seem reasonable that I, joe user, who can read a little bit > of C should be submitting patches. Wrong, that is the entire principle of Open Source. -- Adam Tauno Williams Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com Developer - http://www.opengroupware.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
