[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of The linuxap-EnHanced project - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.

We do not host distribution but software project that may be part of a
distribution.

In this spirit, it would be strange to host a collection of patches
against a distribution.

There's only to maybe acceptable way to host you:
        - You create a project for each patch you made against
        each software (did you asked these software authors to include
        your patches
        - You create a project for each category of patch you made,
        not specifically against this distribution.

But more generally we host software project and patches does not
exactly fit in this category. In the long run, patches have to be
included upstream or to be lost (non-maintainable in the long run). If
upstream refuses to include them, the latest solution would be to fork
the software.

So I think you should find a way to work with the upstream
developers. If they are not willing to apply your patches without
sensible explanation, you should try to get them building a modular
system which would enables you to contribute by writing real software
module, not just patch horribly dependent on a specific version of the
software you want to fix.

For instance, I cannot imagine mod_ssl for Apache being just a
collection of patches.

Regards,



address@hidden said:

> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Félix Llorente Pastora <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: The linuxap-EnHanced project
> System name: linuxap-eh
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> This project is a group of patches for linuxAP distribution that is based on 
> GNU/linux, busybox, uClibc... and much more software, that can make a 
> wireless access point a full GNU/linux machine. This patches try to make 
> linuxap more functional and specific.
> 
> * The sources of original linuxap:
> 
> http://linuxap.ksmith.com
> 
> * The sources of our patches for linuxap:
> 
> http://www.olotwireless.net/castella/
> 
> Other Software Required:
> 
> Other Comments:
> As the author of linuxAP told us he is not going to use all our patches, but 
> only the ones for the hardware architecture build he tests at home (linuxAP 
> supports a variety of platforms), we talked with him to place our patches on 
> a publicly available server (and this offers a great tool such CVS)
> 
> Well, that's to tell that we already sent a submission for the project and 
> were told by you to try to take all patches together on his page, but as i 
> told, he's not going to do so (as he wants to take a look and test every 
> patch, an ours is for an architecture he's not available to test)
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