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Date:      Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:52:13 +0200
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
To:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r320546 - in head/devel: . tradcpp tradcpp/files
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgktP=ORcmTREbdx2yUUjrmHXZVtnbRyjJ5T2nWMty_vrA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20130611170026.GE35160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
References:  <201306111055.r5BAtHmb094470@svn.freebsd.org> <CAF6rxg=iqSGrFK3Ug0Hzh6nRGnzUA5-Ug_aXrGs4xybBPAty3A@mail.gmail.com> <20130611164037.GD35160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAF6rxgnt%2BvpD_zFVbe5GwcwZB5_gsB67SkwN5_2Xw7dPkkNVJw@mail.gmail.com> <20130611170026.GE35160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>

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On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 06:48:34PM +0200, Eitan Adler wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> > No patching is better, has I'm heavily working with upstream on this port.
>> >
>> > In general disable warning is something I don't like, I prefer to fix them, and
>> > I don't find that complexify the port at all.
>>
>> I've found patching software often leads to introducing subtle bugs:
>> its incredibly annoying trying to track down a bug only to determine
>> that is is a distro patch.  Also, it makes it more difficult for the
>> reader of the patch to figure out why the patch is there:
>> it increases the mental effort before "oh, maintainer is just working
>> around compiler warnings"
>>
>> That said, this isn't a strong feeling.
>
> I know exactly what I'm doing and why, I know why I do patch, and I'm working as
> said in the previous mail directly with upstream (those patches are now
> integrated in better vesions).
>
> I think I have enough experience in the ports tree to decide if I should patch
> or not my own ports.

Whoa! Understood.  I hope I did not offend you with my questions.

-- 
Eitan Adler
Source, Ports, Doc committer
Bugmeister, Ports Security teams



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