On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:27:17 +0200 Harald Arnesen <skog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rowland Penny [2018-07-10 15:44]: > > On Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:36:46 +0200 > > Harald Arnesen <skog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Rowland Penny [2018-07-10 14:37]: > >> > >> > The problem is that it is probably easier to start anew rather > >> > than trying to update/maintain an existing project. You have to > >> > contact the existing maintainer (and you could have problems > >> > actually finding the maintainer), get their permission to update > >> > the package or fix bugs and then do what you wanted to do in the > >> > first place. > >> > >> Get their permission? Aren't we using free software? > > > > If you want to update a packages code, you need to get at it, > > otherwise it is called a fork, therefore you need the maintainers > > permission to change it. > > If you can't get hold of the maintainer? Then I suppose it depends on whether you can obtain the source code. If you cannot, then you cannot do anything, if you can, then you will probably have to fork it. Rowland _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
