On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 07:53:22AM +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: > Hi David, > > because you are the maintainer of src/contrib/binutils, I first want to ask > you before I start to update src/contrib/binutils. I've read the README's > you've placed there, but 2 questions remain: > > 1) How can I create a patch using a cvs-checkout when I do not have > write permissions to the repository? This is no request for a commit > bit (to much accountability), more a technical request. > Do I need to use cvsup from ports to get a copy of the cvs server > and checkout against my local copy? > 2) Is it ok to do it on a FreeBSD7-Stable, as long no change between > the RELENG7 branch and the HEAD prevents merge? Or is it mandatory > to test it with -CURRENT? > I ask, because -CURRENT maybe unstable by definition, and I don't > want to search for errors in my work come in by experimental code. > I have no problem, when a first patch exists, to test it on -CURRENT, > but it should be the 2nd step (for me). There is very little chance anything but a well targeted bugfix would get merged to a stable branch and there is zero chance that GPLv3 code will be merged to an existing, GPLv3-free stable branch. As such, any work on RELENG_7 is likely a waste of time. -- Brooks
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