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.
