On Jun 21, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Andres P <aepd87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2010/6/21 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: >> bugs with upstream, which may not be the case with 5-10 security- >> patches >> from git/svn). > > This is just pessimistic outlook. Having patches means that you're > actually > contributing upstream instead of leaching the latest ver every 3 > weeks. > > People need to stop with the notion that patching is bad. As long as > you submit > upstream, it's anything but a detriment. Upstream *wants* you to fix > their > crap. > > Andres P He said from git/svn... ie backporting, not contributing. C Anthony
