Re: [Fink-devel] This can't go on!

[Max H. <ma...@qu...>]

Masanori,


my problem is not at all that you or anybody else is modifying 
packages by me and putting the result into experimental. That is just 
fine. The problem is when somebody puts the package into a release 
tree, like stable, unstable or dists/10.2

Of course if there are vital fixes in a package, then after testing 
it in experimental one will want to get those changes into the 
"official" package. In that case, one then should proceed to contact 
the maintainer, explaining the changes, and then the two can work 
together to release the new revision (possibly with a few further 
changes) to unstable-CVS. Alternatively the old maintainer can resign 
the package to the person who modified it recently.


In addition, I think it might be helpful if modified packages in 
experimental get an addiiton entry to their "DescPackaging" which 
briefly explains what was changed, and why, in this modified version 
of the original package.


Cheers,

Max
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