From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25124 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2004 11:32:18 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Aug 2004 11:32:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C1Nuz-0003cI-Ad for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:32:17 +0000 Received: (qmail 7622 invoked by uid 89); 29 Aug 2004 11:32:16 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 26512 invoked from network); 29 Aug 2004 11:32:16 +0000 Sender: jdx@slackware.pl To: Cory Visi Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20040825172450.GB20213@toucan.gentoo.org> X-Operating-System: Linux hs001 2.6.8 #1 Sun Aug 15 00:13:21 CEST 2004 i686 X-Favourite-Artists: Sisters of Mercy, Rush, Enya, Joe Satriani X-Motto: Born to run Unix From: Jan Dubiec Date: 29 Aug 2004 13:02:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20040825172450.GB20213@toucan.gentoo.org> Message-ID: <87brgu5hse.fsf@hs001.slackware.pl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Patches for MPPE/MPPC X-Archives-Salt: 53f65edb-2bd6-48de-abb0-d03fc7edd479 X-Archives-Hash: 0a8b1304197bd5ee927aceed1ff09782 On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:24:50 +0000, Cory Visi wrote: > Hi all. I am working on some ppp bugs and I noticed there is an excellent > kernel patch for MPPE/MPPC available for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernel versions: Thanks ;-) [.....] > 1. Can I include the ppp patch in the ppp ebuild? How do I do it legally? IMO the *pppd* patch can be included because it doesn't contain actual MPPC code. MPPC (de)compresion routines are located in the *kernel* patch. > 2. Can we include the kernel patch in the gentoo-sources base patch set? > How do we do it legally? IMO, if Gentoo servers are outside the USA (e.g. in the EU), the patches could be included. Although I am not a lawyer. I have one question - does somebody of you know if my patches are included in an unofficial Gentoo sources? I am asking because I am receiving a lot of emails from people who use Gentoo and my patches. They use "stdopt" (e.g. ppp-2.4.2-stdopt-mppe-mppc-1.1.patch.gz) version of the pppd patch. It has MPPE/MPPC related options compatible with original pppd-2.4.2. Unfortunately, because of that it inherits also a few drawbacks of the original. So if you decide to include my patches into Gentoo sources, I recommend using non-"stdopt" pppd patch (i.e. ppp-2.4.2-mppe-mppc-1.1.patch.gz). I generates much less email traffic from unexperienced users. Regards, /J.D. -- Jan Dubiec, jdx#slackware.pl, mobile: +48 506 790442 Głęboka wiara wymaga płytkiego rozumu i nikłej wiedzy. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list