* Sun 2006-07-02 Satoru Takeuchi <nqm08501 AT nifty.com> * Message-Id: 87d5coks3k.wl%nqm08501 AT nifty.com > Hi mentors, > > I'd like to package quilt-el and submitted ITP[1] about two months ago. > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364611 > > Now I have a problem with it. I can't decide which version I should > package. Firstly, its stable release version[2] is quite old and has > many bugs. Second, it has developing version[3], and it also has a > bug. I sent upstream author some patches. One is only for bug fix, > and the others are for add some new features. Unfortunately these > are not applied yet. Finally, one month ago, I requested him to > apply at least bug fix patche and release new stable release. > However he had't replied to me so far. In this case, what should I > do? > > 1. package stable release version > 2. package developing version and don't apply any extra patches > 3. package developing version and apply bug fix patch
Use 3. When the upstream releases new version you can drop the patches. Using dpatch(1) to manage this is easy Jari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
