Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:04:23 +0200 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: Sergei Kolobov <sergei@kolobov.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to apply private patches to port? Message-ID: <3F3901F7.7070009@ant.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <20030806174621.GA774@chetwood.ru> References: <3F2E1EAA.5030200@ant.uni-bremen.de> <20030804170956.GA76322@mail.it.ca> <3F2F608D.9070806@ant.uni-bremen.de> <20030806174621.GA774@chetwood.ru>
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Sergei Kolobov wrote: > On 2003-08-05 at 09:45 +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > >>It's only a private hack for imap-uw, which is very poorly configurable. > > [...] > >>That's why i had the idea of expanding the imap-uw port (and also >>client-2002) with my own patch. > > > I think you should submit a PR with your patch and work with the port > maintainer to integrate it so others could benefit from your patch, too. > See Porter's Handbook for more information. > > Sergei I have given up on trying to patch imap-uw. This software is just too weird, not at all configurable. I was trying to set the user's mail directory to an absolute path, but it just doesn't seem possible. So, if i can't make the software suit my needs, maybe i can make my needs suit the software.. :-( -- Heinrich Rebehn University of Bremen Physics / Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Department of Telecommunications - Phone : +49/421/218-4664 Fax : -3341
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