Re: [gentoo-hardened] [PATCH] sys-libs/pam: Fixed building under musl using patchset from Alpine Linux -- this time in an attachment

["Anthony G. Basile" <basile@opensource.dyc.edu>]

On 02/23/15 07:25, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
> On 02/20/15 21:10, Alex Efros wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 12:45:57AM +1100, James Taylor wrote:
>>> Not sure if there is any preferred method for sending patches, but
>>> here's a second attempt with an attachment :)
>>
>> I'm afraid any patches in maillist will be ignored, please use
>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/
>>
>
> Um, no they are not!  There are lots of mailing lists which are
> specifically for patches.
>
> But since these are for musl, its best to email them to me directly:
> blueness@gentoo.org.
>
> James, thanks for the patches.
>

James, I applied these.

Not to embarrass you Alex, but think about the situation these 
contributors are in:

1) if the post to bugzilla they're told not to because the patches are 
for an overlay.  also patches for the tree should be absolutely minimal 
to show the issue while for hte overlay i just want the full shebang so 
I can just conveniently apply.  Furthermore in bugzilla, they can't 
assign the bugs to me directly and the maintainers of packages get 
annoyed wondering what is this stuff.

2) if they email here they're told its not appropriate either because 
its a patch or because its musl and not hardened etc.  I'd bother infra 
for a new list and/or repo but they're overworked.

add to this the fact that I often have to give advice on how to format 
these patches and contributors get frustrated and they loose enthusiasm 
for the project.

Soo .... as a word to contributers.  If your contributing musl patches, 
email them directly to me: blueness@gentoo.org.  If you simultaneously 
want to get the stuff into the tree and that is definitely our goal, 
then open a bug on bugzilla and submit just a very minimal patch there. 
  Say in comment 0 to cc me as the musl maintainer.

Thanks again!

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