Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:55:51 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie maintainer, question regarding patches Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmj7V85qrDBoK4ZbmShDLTW-yazUodEgq8KYA3jYYGhxQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <845ACEFD-830F-4941-9EE3-F3CB35FD6200@grem.de> References: <845ACEFD-830F-4941-9EE3-F3CB35FD6200@grem.de>
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote: > b) I also have another massive patch which touches another 20 files which= enables some new security features in ice (the history of this patch is th= at I developed it at first and submitted it to the vendor, who refined it a= nd sent it back to me). I might want to make this patch optional as well (u= sing a dialog style menu to enable it). In this case it also seems like it = would be better not to split the patch up to all that many sources, but kee= p it as one feature that's contained in one patch. Just replying to this question: The ports tree is not meant for software development. I would much rather you try to get the patch into the upstream source than keep it as an optional patch in the ports tree. --=20 Eitan Adler
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