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Re: Packaging and patching

Re: Packaging and patching

Posted Aug 29, 2009 19:30 UTC (Sat) by dirtyepic (subscriber, #30178)
In reply to: Re: Packaging and patching by mcopple
Parent article: On properly packaging perl

> It seems to me that the correct workflow would be for downstream packagers / maintainers to discipline themselves to check for upstream changes on a regular basis, rather than relying on upstream to figure out who is packaging their product and notify.

At the very least they should find the time to browse the release notes.


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