On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 11:27:59PM +0100, Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker) wrote: > Hi, > > As you all could've read I just adopted the micq package and i'm > very happy with that since I use micq very often... > > I have a few questions because I am still a little newbie at this :] Next time take this discussion on debian-mentors that is the forum for such things. > First of all.. Is it OK for me to apply patches to the source > that improves the program? Or should all modifications to the > source go via the upstream author? In fact I patched the micq > source so that it reconnects to the server if the server closed > the connection, and this is a reported bug (#72108). Yes of course you can apply patches. But you should also try to get them to the upstream author(s). > Second.. I adopted the package... With libgd (also adopted) I just > apt-get source'd the package, altered the changelog and uploaded it > again. Is this the correct way to do this? Yes it should be correct. Talk to the former maintainer if he/she have any not submitted fixes. But that should be correct. // Ola PS. I do not read debian-mentors that often so I will probably not help you with this (separated with a badly configured procmail) so cc me will not help. :) If you want contact with me directly you have to send a mail specified to me only. :( DS. -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 584 36 LINKÖPING | | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
