Re: [gentoo-dev] Add support for rsync patches

[Mike Frysinger]

On Tuesday, February 04, 2014 22:25:00 Jauhien Piatlicki wrote:
> 04.02.14 20:53, Donnie Berkholz написав(ла):
> > On 12:48 Tue 28 Jan     , Michał Górny wrote:
> >> Dnia 2014-01-28, o godz. 11:59:33 Jauhien Piatlicki napisał(a):
> >>> net-misc/rsync upstream provides a tarball with additional patches that
> >>> can be useful for some users. I think it would be nice to have them
> >>> handled automatically by portage using e.g. USE_EXPAND.
> >>>
> >>> Of course these patches can be just picked by user an applied using
> >>> epatch_user, but I think it would be much easier and convenient to do
> >>> this with just setting a use flag.
> >>
> >> ...and what do you want from gentoo-dev@? You need someone to file
> >> the bug for ya?
> >
> > This is not the level of friendliness that is going to welcome potential
> > new contributors into our community.
>
> I'm reading this list for a long rime, so I'm quiet acquainted with this
> level of friendliness. So do not mind.

being used to it does not make it acceptable

> I've wrote this list because potential changes I want to do include
> adding of new USE_EXPAND that should be discussed here anyway. And there
> can be reasons why this have not done, that I'm not aware of, and
> maintainer of rsync or somebody else could comment here.
>
> Anyway I still have not ended with those changes and hence still have
> not posted a bug. So do not mind once again. ;-)

i don't see any patches in rsync-3.1.0.  i'd be hesitant to add support for 
them even if they were there ...

i added epatch_user to the ebuild years ago though, so you largely should be 
able to get the same functionality (albeit with a bit ore footwork on your 
side).
-mike