On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 05:02:56PM +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Hello DHCP maintainers, > > As part of a patch review for the DEX project[0], I came across this > wishlist bug on dhcp3-server: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=308832 > > for which a patch is available. > > It looks like this issue was forwarded upstream and got a reference number, > but I couldn't find any way to look up its current status upstream. Is the > upstream bug tracker not public? No. Their rationale is that they have potentially sensitive paid-customer bugs in there or something. > I would like to help get this patch merged into Debian and upstream if > possible. It was originally based on 3.0.1-2, but Ubuntu has been carrying > it since then, and so it's been merged up to 4.1.1-P1-15 and quite well > tested at this stage. > > The changes to upstream code are actually quite small and contained (10 > lines, across one source file and 2 makefiles). Would you be willing to > merge this small patch into the package until upstream decides what to do > with it? > > Can you tell me what you think and how you would like to proceed with this? I have a personal policy of keeping the Debian package as close to upstream as possible. Ideally the long term set of Debian patches should approach zero. I'm suffering from a severe lack of spare time at the moment, but after mid-April I plan on getting back into DHCP-related stuff with a vengeance. I've got a good relationship with upstream, and I plan on having a face-to-face sit down with them in the near future. One of the things I'll be discussing is bugs that I've forwarded upstream. I'll ensure that I discuss this particular patch. I've managed to get the LDAP patch accepted this way, and I'm sure I can get a patch of this size accepted as well. In the meantime, I'll also ping the ticket. regards Andrew
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