Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3464 mails)

[John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 18 April 2007, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> Which is just dumb since if you fix without sending upstream you will
> have to fix again, and again, and again....  The concept that not
> submitting a fix saves time is crazy;

Not true.  

Most annoying bugs generally get fixed in the next release.  
In the case of Suse, even a submitted  patch will not 
see the light of day till the next release unless its a security flaw.

So the guy who fixes something really annoying but does not submit
it (betting that a proper fix will come along in due time) is really not 
spending any more time than would be the case if he fixed it and then 
submitted it, and then hung around to answer the maintainers emails, and then
FIXED IT AGAIN when the fix was undone by the next on-line-update
which, as stated, only contains security fixes, not bug fixes.


As for lamenting the disappearing submitter, I suggest that if the
maintainer can't understand the fix, or at least prove to himself
that it is good or bad, then it is either the wrong fix, or the wrong 
maintainer.
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