Package requests wishlist - pine

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Jul 14 14:43:28 UTC 2004


Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:09:19 -0500, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:

>  I
> believe its vital to have the option to patch at the packaging level,
> when its deemed appropriate.
...
> the argument is about who has the power to choose when to patch.  

And I agree with you in general, that the "power to patch" is a good 
thing.

And I know pine's license pretty much sucks.

However, I have yet to see any (official) Fedora policy that "the power 
to patch" or "having a non-sucky license" is required for inclusion in 
Extras.

-- Rex





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