Re: [gentoo-dev] The Plethora of Patches

[Andrew D Kirch]

Rémi Cardona wrote:
> Andrew D Kirch wrote:
>> Obviously the software needs to work, and therefore we need patches, but
>> Gentoo has not done enough to date to get them pushed upstream. Lets
>> look at some cringeworthy statistics on outstanding patches.
>
> Have you even _looked_ at the patches? Can you tell which ones are :
>  - backports?
>  - Gentoo-specific (for build issues)?
>  - shared with other distros?
>
> Did you count the patches we apply because upstream is either dead,
> unresponsive or downright wrong?
>
> Yes, we have a lot of patches, but then again, we have a lot of open
> bugs too. I, for one, am much more worried about the latter.
>
> Please back this up with _real_ statistics.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rémi
>
Here's the script that I used to generate this.  I have not manually 
reviewed all of thousands of patches to determine the unique situation 
of each patch, however I would like a suggestion on how to demonstrate 
_real_ statistics short of auditing each and every patch in portage 
which I personally don't have time to do.
for I in `ls`; do
    PATCH=`ls -R ${I} | grep patch | wc -l`
    DIFF=`ls -R ${I} | grep diff | wc -l`
    COUNT=$(( ${PATCH} + ${DIFF} ))
        if ! [ ${COUNT} == 0 ]
        then
                echo $I $COUNT
        fi
done


Andrew