On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 02:14:52PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > "Brian M. Carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> writes: > > > This is a problem. No one will fix the portability bugs that plague, for > > example, sparc (memory alignment SIGBUS) without them being severity > > serious. > > Can the porters fix such bugs? They usually do -- they work out the problem, and provide a patch. The trick then appears to be getting maintainers to actually apply them. > Do the porters promise me a machine running unstable so that I can fix > them myself? That would be the "developer-accessable machine" mentioned in the nybble, I believe. - Matt
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