Re: xarchiver patch

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2011/1/26 Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On 26.01.2011 20:29, Ivan Puntiy wrote:
> > 2011/1/26 Jelle van der Waa <jelle@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> >> On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 21:11 +0200, Ivan Puntiy wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I have patched extra/xarchiver to support xz compression using
> >> Slackware's
> >>> patch.
> >>> It is working on my system, and I uploaded it to AUR:
> >>> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45726
> >>>
> >>> What is the procedure of requesting it to be applied to original
> package?
> >>>
> >>> Ivan
> >> Feature request, but first bug upstream
> >> --
> >> Jelle van der Waa
> >>
> > Ok, I actually found the patch at upstream's bug about the issue (opened
> > since 2009).
> > But rechecked now: the patch was added 2 months ago in a comment, I guess
> I
> > can wait.
> >
> > And for the future:
> > Are feature request are submitted at the bug tracker?
> You should bug upstream against, perhaps using direct mail to maintainer.
>
> In general, you can post up feature requests but they might be closed
> with "upstream" as a reason as we can't do much about it. We will not
> have feature patches in 99% of the cases if it can be helped.
>
Ok, thanks.


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