From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26326 invoked by alias); 6 Nov 2014 22:10:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 33621 Received: (qmail 28550 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2014 22:10:34 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 23:10:32 +0100 From: Axel Beckert To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: Zsh bugfixes released by RedHat Message-ID: <20141106221032.GM5405@sym.noone.org> Mail-Followup-To: zsh-workers@zsh.org References: <141106075609.ZM3709@torch.brasslantern.com> <545BAC56.1050804@eastlink.ca> <141106083035.ZM3795@torch.brasslantern.com> <20141106201516.GL5405@sym.noone.org> <141106124717.ZM16843@torch.brasslantern.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <141106124717.ZM16843@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Operating-System: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 X-Machine: sym2 x86_64 X-Editor: GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Face: 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 Organization: DeuxChevaux.org -- The =?iso-8859-1?Q?Citr?= =?iso-8859-1?B?b+tu?= 2CV Database User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Hi, On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 12:47:17PM -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Nov 6, 9:15pm, Axel Beckert wrote: > } > Technically they are supposed to offer the patch to us, although zsh's > } > license is not as clingy that way as the GNU license for example. > } > } JFTR: The GNU General Public License does not require that any > } modification made to software under the GNU GPL is sent back to the > } _author_ of the software. > > Right, I was being too non-specific when I used the word "us". I meant > they should offer the patch to anyone to whom they offer the binary. Ah, ok. Yes. > But they're also not required to make it *easy* to get the patch ... *g* > And also thanks to the Debian and other distribution folks who watch > this list and voluntarily send us back the diffs for bugs they find, You're welcome. :-) > rather than making us dig them out of a package manager bundle. >>From our (Debian's zsh packaging team) point of view, it makes the package maintenance easier as we don't have to keep track of many patches, and if so, we can at least drop most of them with the next zsh release: http://sources.debian.net/src/zsh/5.0.7-3/debian/patches/ Kind regards, Axel -- /~\ Plain Text Ribbon Campaign | Axel Beckert \ / Say No to HTML in E-Mail and News | abe@deuxchevaux.org (Mail) X See http://www.nonhtmlmail.org/campaign.html | abe@noone.org (Mail+Jabber) / \ I love long mails: http://email.is-not-s.ms/ | http://noone.org/abe/ (Web)