Shriramana, I agree with Martin above. It can be frustrating to have a
patch ignored for weeks, let alone four years so I feel for you.
I'd advise however to leave this, as it is unlikely to get upstream, and will
definitely not be in Ubuntu if it is not upstream.
Think of the scenario when we start carrying this patch and people start taking
advantage of this option in their scripts. Suddenly those script won't run on
older Ubuntu versions, and worse they won't run on Debian.Fedora etc, creating
new sources of frustration and time wasted.
I think the only sensible way to change core system stuff is to engage with
upstream. Given that gzip upstream does not seem to be what one calls 'active
development mode' this issue is better left as is, and let's live with gzip as
it is now.
If bzip2 has that option you need, that may be a better tool to use in your
scenario that gave rise to this patch.
I think it will save you time to just forget about this patch however much time
you spent on it and advocating it. Your skills and time could be put to much
better use in Ubuntu or or other projects by working on patches that benefit
many users and that have good chances of getting accepted by active maintainers.
Thanks again for your contribution, failure to get this into Ubuntu is not
anyone's fault, old software just tends to not add to many features and is not
the most rewarding place to be contributing to. And while Ubuntu adds polish
and sometimes enhances upstream projects, we do not do it in such subtle ways
that could trip up unaware users.
** Changed in: gzip (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
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