Re: [gentoo-dev] The Plethora of Patches

[Rémi Cardona]

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