--On Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10:00 AM -0400 Daniel da Silva <ddasi...@umd.edu> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm a newcomer to the Ubuntu Development community, but long time linux > user. I am interested in starting a patch to add colored output to the > apt-get/apt-cache (are there any other apt-*s?)[see bug link in > footnote]. Gentoo, for example, does this very nicely with their emerge > tool. I was wondering if anyone could answer some questions: > > 1) Should patches for apt be submitted to Ubuntu or Debian? > 2) Are there any *must read* docs you suggest I read before I get started? > 3) How likely do you think it is that this patch would get accepted? I think you'd have better luck getting those types patches integrated into aptitude rather than apt (assuming aptitude doesn't already have this) -- apt-* are, IMO, meant for lower level packaging interaction and so don't want/need for frills like this. aptitude is really meant as a completely user facing interface to apt-* and friends and is probably far more appropriate a place for these sorts of patches. <http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/aptitude.html> is the Debian source information for the package. > > > Thanks, > > Daniel > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/apt/+bug/262227 > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
