On Wednesday 18 April 2007, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > Which is just dumb since if you fix without sending upstream you will > have to fix again, and again, and again.... The concept that not > submitting a fix saves time is crazy;
Not true. Most annoying bugs generally get fixed in the next release. In the case of Suse, even a submitted patch will not see the light of day till the next release unless its a security flaw. So the guy who fixes something really annoying but does not submit it (betting that a proper fix will come along in due time) is really not spending any more time than would be the case if he fixed it and then submitted it, and then hung around to answer the maintainers emails, and then FIXED IT AGAIN when the fix was undone by the next on-line-update which, as stated, only contains security fixes, not bug fixes. As for lamenting the disappearing submitter, I suggest that if the maintainer can't understand the fix, or at least prove to himself that it is good or bad, then it is either the wrong fix, or the wrong maintainer. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
