Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Marek Benc <address@hidden> skribis:

> On 01/21/2015 04:03 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> I agree with Andreas: there are 20 patches, and that level of patching
>> goes beyond our mission, IMO.
>>
>> I would rather leave it as is if it’s usable, or remove it, or point to
>> a new upstream if there is one.
>
> In that case, I think at least two of the patches should be allowed to
> get in, the ones about the Berkely db library, since it's spewing out
> errors without them. (but the editor itself works)

You mean there are run-time errors without nvi-db4.patch?  What kind?

The second patch is about page sizes apparently.  Do you know what the
deal is?

Two/three patches would be OK, but we need to have an understanding of
why we’re carrying these particular patches.

Thank you!

Ludo’.