On 04/20/2012 01:58 PM, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
[...] - how likely is it that we are going to patch an upstream java library or application ourselves, rather than updating it to an upstream release that fixes the issue ? * very few in this project are fluent with java * is it an issue to push a newer version to fix rather than backporting changes/patches for those packages ? Well, just recently we had the case where a fix was only a few lines but the package couldn't be rebuilt from java source and upstream only offered a major version update. That sucks. It's embarrassing if a package is flagged as free software but you can't actually fix it. If at all exceptions should be granted only on a case by case basis after thorough review. Also such packages should not be put in
Pascal Bleser wrote: the oss tree.
cu Ludwig
How about if we create a new tree for those Java applications? I think we should not use NonFree since this would confuse users, that they use non free software. Angelos -- Angelos Tzotsos Remote Sensing Laboratory National Technical University of Athens http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org