Re: [PATCH 0/2] Tcsh update for core-updates

[Leo Famulari]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 09:40:38AM +0000, ng0 wrote:
> On 17-02-24 03:16:43, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > This updates tcsh to the latest upstream version.
> 
> some weeks ago I worked on this. Put a significant amount of time into
> the update, waited for replies and asked upstream about the cdhome
> issue as I don't understand tcsh syntax that much.
> This is exactly why I don't think email is the perfect tool for project
> work. There is no reminder to tell you someone already worked on this,
> no interactive search unless you have it yourself.
> It would be good if you could search the archive next time and tell me
> to rebase or redo it on core-updates.

I understand that is frustrating, but I did read that discussion before
starting to work on my patch. Also, Tobias worked on it last August.

In both cases, there were some questions about the changes, and then the
patch authors stopped working on the patch. Now, tcsh is blocking
core-updates, so I decided to try updating tcsh.

It's hard to take a pre-existing patch from somebody else and try to
figure out what parts are necessary, which parts can be discarded, which
parts should be adjusted, et cetera. Especially for a complicated
package update that requires adjusting patch files.

It's a lot easier to try the upgrade from scratch and fix problems as I
find them.

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