Re: applying patches
>>>> Gunnar Evermann writes:
Gunnar> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> writes:
> >>>>> Jan Vroonhof writes:
>
Jan> Gunnar Evermann <ge204(a)eng.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> >> How are patches sent to xemacs-patches handled at the
moment?
>
Jan> Extremely ad-hoc. AFAICS nobody is applying patches to the packages
at
Jan> the moment.
Gunnar> I know -- It was more of a rhetorical question, I just wanted to
Gunnar> kick-start the discussion :-)
You've been successfull;-)
> >> Is anyone applying the patches sent there by people
without cvs-write
> >> access?
>
Jan> Andy and Michael have applied most them. Normally Steve applies all
Jan> that were left out, just before a new beta releases.
>
> can I help out? After considering this for some time, I'm
> volunteering to help.
>
> I should have enough time to keep the CVS archive for the packages
> uptodate.
Gunnar> I'm not sure whether there is a debate about this going on in
Gunnar> xemacs-review, but FWIW I think this is an excellent idea.
It is going on - and the result is that I'm looking at the packages.
Now I only need to have all infrastructure set up.
Gunnar> I guess it would be easier for everyone if we had a split of
Gunnar> responsibilities like the following:
Gunnar> - 21.1 Vin
Gunnar> - 21.2 Steve
Gunnar> - packages Andreas
Gunnar> Your (Andreas) contribution would be even more significant if you
Gunnar> could not only apply the package patches, but regularly build the new
Gunnar> packages and sumos. We REALLY REALLY need to update them! Do we still
I know :-(
Gunnar> ship that sumo with broken lookup etc.?
I'll try to find my way through the packages. Updating everything
will be the first job - but I'll also try to make new packages and
sumos regularly available.
Gunnar> [...]
Andreas
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