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| From: | Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o> | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-nds/openldap/files: openldap-2.4.40-db-6.patch | ||
| Date: | Wed, 29 Oct 2014 09:43:06 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAGfcS_nzc14O+_oj1YKNGScPEJkULikgrXULrda0kPHpnABD2g@mail.gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-nds/openldap/files: openldap-2.4.40-db-6.patch by "Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov" |
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| 1 | On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:37 PM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov |
| 2 | <mva@×××.name> wrote: |
| 3 | > Btw, since Gentoo do not (mostly) provide packages itself, but only build |
| 4 | > instructions (ebuild), can't we just ship ebuild that "patches" openldap |
| 5 | > violates to force to use db6>=19 with "bindist" USE? |
| 6 | > |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Can we do it legally? Sure. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Will we do it? I think that depends on whether the maintainer or |
| 11 | somebody else wants to keep up with the necessary work if upstream has |
| 12 | dropped it. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | It is really up to the maintainer. Generally we try to follow |
| 15 | upstream because we don't have the manpower to do otherwise most of |
| 16 | the time. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | -- |
| 19 | Rich |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in net-nds/openldap/files: openldap-2.4.40-db-6.patch | "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> |