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sniffles

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Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 275

Patching / sane defaults

I was wondering what's the Arch Linux "way" when it comes to patching packages / shipping with 'sane defaults' ?

I.e. are distribution-specific/branding patches kept to a minimal (packages are kept as vanilla as possible) ? Are configuration files kept in `upstream` form or are (in)sane defaults provided?

bender02

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From: UK

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 1,328

Re: Patching / sane defaults

This has been discussed quite a bit recently... (it's quite a bit of reading, but recommended - for the type of question you ask).
http://phraktured.net/patching-patching-patching.html
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46911
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=47017

kishd

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Registered: 2006-06-14

Posts: 401

Re: Patching / sane defaults

Another thread that re-inforces the ARCH way of submitting patches to upstream.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48581

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sniffles

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Registered: 2008-01-23

Posts: 275

Re: Patching / sane defaults

Thank you, both.

kishd: funnily enough, I'm a Debian user, and I'm looking for distributions to switch -to- exactly because of the openssl thing.