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From: flexibeast <flexibeast@users.noreply.github.com>
To: ml@inbox.vuxu.org
Subject: Re: [PR PATCH] [Updated] Manual.md: Mention policy on browser forks.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 06:16:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200814041641.VdPcjctfpdxRARjvp3TGkOqguO2NB6dlbP-LUPnNvqY@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gh-mailinglist-notifications-41a7ca26-5023-4802-975b-f1789d68868e-void-packages-24264@inbox.vuxu.org>

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There is an updated pull request by flexibeast against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/flexibeast/void-packages browsers
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/24264

Manual.md: Mention policy on browser forks.


A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/24264.patch is attached

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From e6f981d8e14185152cb1a7acbcf7ec0bb6efe43c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:24:18 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Manual.md: Mention policy on browser forks.

---
 Manual.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Manual.md b/Manual.md
index be28d89e566..ab13b1c38e9 100644
--- a/Manual.md
+++ b/Manual.md
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ to be accepted. New fonts are welcome if they provide value beyond
 aesthetics (e.g. they contain glyphs for a script missing in already
 packaged fonts).
 
+Browser forks, including those based on Chromium and Firefox, are generally not 
+accepted. Such forks require heavy patching, maintenance and hours of build time.
+
 <a id="buildphase"></a>
 ### Package build phases
 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-08-14  4:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-14  2:26 [PR PATCH] " flexibeast
2020-08-14  2:56 ` [PR REVIEW] " ahesford
2020-08-14  4:16 ` flexibeast [this message]
2020-08-14  4:16 ` flexibeast
2020-08-14 11:03 ` [PR PATCH] [Merged]: " ahesford

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