Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 10:36:23 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au> To: Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do port maintainers send patches back to package authors? Message-ID: <20021109103456.Q22580-100000@starbug.ugh.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20021108225143.GA62366@0lsen.net>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Clint Olsen wrote: > This is just a general question. It seems that if the port maintainers > don't hand back their modifications to the original developers of the > package that they perpetuate the _need_ for ports _and_ make FreeBSD a > harder target to compile against if there isn't a port in existence. Thats correct - which is why port maintainers should hand their patches to the original developers to be integrated into future versions of the software. Of course sometimes a patch is missed, sometimes the developer doesn't want to integrate it for some reason etc etc. Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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