On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If patching is no longer allowed, get ready for a time where packages are stuck in testing for ages because upstream broke it. Get ready to run a distro that breaks your system on every pacman -Syu because upgrade paths are not handled. > Yes, this is win win win I guess. Come on, Jan, you know this wasn't the message. It has already been stated that patching *is* allowed (I'd say encouraged) when needed, which means when there's breakage upstream. The point was about superfluous patches, like those that add new functions, which should be sent upstream. I hope this is clear. Corrado
