While the idea of having a git mirror of pkgsrc is nice, I totally disagree with the idea of using it for local modifications. If we do that, we can just call it a fork directly and no need to call it pkgsrc anymore.
Also, the solution to getting stuff working isn't keeping local modifications, but rather submitting the modifications to pkgsrc and even better, upstream, to the developers of the software themselves. I can already see how people get eager to fix stuff, put it in our own pkgsrc-branch, but completely forget about getting it fixed where it should be fixed, upstream and the real pkgsrc. While I understand it may take some time until these fixes reach pkgsrc, I think this is the (only) way to go about it. Also, I'm not familiar with how NetBSD takes care of pkgsrc, but I'm sure it could be possible to get some commit access to pkgsrc for someone of us and add our own patches when needed. This would significantly reduce the waiting time. Anyone with some experience with NetBSD <-> pkgsrc care to comment? Sincerely, Alex Hornung
