Re: "Staying close to upstream"

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On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 17:49 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Chris Tyler wrote:
> > If you (or whoever is interested) can't get those patches through the
> > upstream review process for technical reasons, then perhaps they're ugly
> > patches. If you can't get them through because of lack of
> > time/energy/motivation, then the future maintenance of those patches is
> > in question. Either way, it strengthens our Firefox maintainers'
> > position that those patches shouldn't be accepted.
> 
> You forget the sociopolitical aspect: in many upstreams (and AFAICS Mozilla 
> is one of those), you can only get your stuff merged if you know the right 
> people. :-(

Thanks for reinforcing my point -- you have to work with the community.
Yes, you'll make some relationships along the way.

-Chris

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