Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:02:10 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Antoine Martin <antoine@nagafix.co.uk> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Kurt Jaeger <pi@opsec.eu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: xpra-0.0.7.16p4 Message-ID: <4D4C8572.9080009@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4D4C76C1.7030706@nagafix.co.uk> References: <4D4B0CDB.9000404@nagafix.co.uk> <4D4B400A.2090701@FreeBSD.org> <4D4BA777.2030701@nagafix.co.uk> <20110204084939.GF34314@home.opsec.eu> <20110204093807.GA2803@straylight.ringlet.net> <4D4C5A05.2000909@FreeBSD.org> <4D4C76C1.7030706@nagafix.co.uk>
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To the extent I understand all this, it sounds reasonable, albeit complex. You might want to consider setting up a new project on sourceforge, google code, etc. but I'll leave that up to you and swills. Thanks for answering my questions. Doug On 02/04/2011 13:59, Antoine Martin wrote: > Hi Doug, > > The last proper file release from upstream was 0.0.6 in November 2009. > Since then, I've fixed a number of things (from typos to build fixes for > some platforms), supported new platforms (mac osx, I originally added > win32 support but the author then re-wrote that), etc > > Any help in getting the patches merged would be much appreciated, I > haven't had much luck so far. I used to send piecemeal patches with full > description to the author, but since almost none of them got merged, > recently I've started posting large all-in-one diffs instead. (they're > not even all from me these patches, but I end up maintaining them) > > Also, another tool I maintain won't work without the patches I added, so > if you ship the upstream version then I'll have to fork it to make it > work with my tool (I really really would rather not). > > Cheers > Antoine > > > On 02/05/2011 02:56 AM, Doug Barton wrote: >> I'm confused. Why are we not using the sources from the "regular" >> location, and patching to make them work for us? And has anyone >> contacted the upstream about the changes and why they are necessary? >> This whole thing seems very confusing to me (but that's not saying >> much). :) >> >> Doug
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