Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:46:04 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@web.de> Cc: FreeBSD-Current-List <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Updating src/contrib/binutils Message-ID: <20080701144604.GB7398@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <4869E272.1060606@web.de> References: <4869E272.1060606@web.de>
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--R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: > Hi David, >=20 > because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to a= sk=20 > you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils. I've read the README's= =20 > you've placed there, but 2 questions remain: >=20 > 1) How can I create a patch using a cvs-checkout when I do not have > write permissions to the repository? This is no request for a commit > bit (to much accountability), more a technical request. > Do I need to use cvsup from ports to get a copy of the cvs server > and checkout against my local copy? > 2) Is it ok to do it on a FreeBSD7-Stable, as long no change between > the RELENG7 branch and the HEAD prevents merge? Or is it mandatory > to test it with -CURRENT? > I ask, because -CURRENT maybe unstable by definition, and I don't > want to search for errors in my work come in by experimental code. > I have no problem, when a first patch exists, to test it on -CURRENT, > but it should be the 2nd step (for me). There is very little chance anything but a well targeted bugfix would get merged to a stable branch and there is zero chance that GPLv3 code will be merged to an existing, GPLv3-free stable branch. As such, any work on RELENG_7 is likely a waste of time. -- Brooks --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFIakMsXY6L6fI4GtQRAoE+AKCeVS6wu25DVLzvc8K08cMcIvMQIQCfacha fwCzGty6HGuXBg0+M7De58o= =lS+F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --R3G7APHDIzY6R/pk--
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