2014-08-28 2:03 GMT-03:00 Óscar Fuentes <[email protected]>:
> Renato Silva <[email protected]>
> writes:
>
> > 2014-08-14 22:48 GMT-03:00 Óscar Fuentes <[email protected]>:
> >
> >> IMHO MSYS2 should limit itself to patches required by the specific needs
> >> of this environment (and perhaps some MinGW-w64 patches.) Broadening the
> >> scope is a recipe for maintainer burn-out.
> >>
> >
> > I disagree. Local patches are usually forwarded upstream then removed
> when
> > applied there. But upstream can be pretty
> > <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14970> stubborn
> > <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/1458>, so sometimes you just give
> > up.
>
> I skimmed over those two examples and it seems to me that they are a
> matter of personal opinion, not bugs. I don't think that a third-party
> binary distribution should modify an app for adapting it to the personal
> views of some user.
>
But that's only your opinion. There are many that disagree with you.
>
> > It's a matter of balance whether to create local patches or not. Consider
> > this concrete example
> > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-06/msg00020.html>,
> should
> > it be included in MSYS2? Maybe,if the benefit overcomes the cost, then
> why
> > not?
>
> Likewise.
>
> If you wish, fork bash and convince Alexey to distribute it instead of
> upstream's (naming it "Renato Silva's Bash" or something.) But please
> don't put the weight of the fork on the MSYS2 maintainers.
>
Are you a maintainer to be so worried about it? That's up to them. I have
no interest in adding that patch to MSYS2, you misunderstood the point
(which is, if Alexey for instance misses that feature and doesn't want to
wait for the upstream, then are we in position to be worried whether he
will add it or not?).
>
> > After all, this is why MSYS2 exists, because splitting off from
> > MinGW.org was considered worth the work.
>
> I don't think that adding non-MSYS-specific patches to packages was the
> motivator for creating MSYS2.
>
> As I mentioned, a local patch creates a fork, and that has serious
> consequences. To begin with, upstream would be justified on rejecting
> bug reports coming from MSYS2 users.
>
>
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