Re: Ginkgo CADx
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 09:44:49AM +0100, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:
> > > What could be a solution in that case. Before patching Debian packages
> > > (if at all possible)
> >
> > That *is* possible but would still be per-package. The
> > package build process would apply those patches. It would
> > need persuading package managers that
> >
> > a) the patch is well tested and applies cleanly
>
> Guess it depends on who makes that statement. We will see what the Ginkgo
> people have to say.
"has been in use with Ginkgo for a while" == "is well tested"
"applies cleanly" == "console output of applying the patch"
> > b) upstream (so far) refuses to apply it for silly reasons
>
> They have not refused but indicated implied that larger patches have a lower
> chance of getting in for the obvious reasons.
Ah, OK, so they want to be fed small patches. That's fine.
The Ginkgo patches did not really look big to me at all,
though.
> The patch could do some conflicting stuff, break stuff, add new features etc.
> All reasonable. I will wait for the Gingko guy to reply and ask them to talk
> to the wx guys (submit their patch to the wx trac) . If that works out great,
> if not they could be asked to talk to the Debian package maintainers.
Yes.
Karsten
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