On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 13:06 -0400, Todd Denniston wrote:
Where did the original SRPM come from?
rpmfusion.
What was it of/for?
vice-2.1-3.src.rpm
Does the original source repository/group exist anymore? ... someone else may have already been here with the product you are looking at.
I emailed Hans to ask if he was planning to update to version 2.2 and he replied that he's a bit short of time. So I have decided to take a stab at it myself and see what develops.
Does the person who is building the new SRPM
That would be me.
understand _why_ the old patches were created, i.e., what did it fix?
That's part of what I'm working on figuring out.
Does the person who is building the new SRPM understand in each patch case that either _what_ the patch 'fixed' has not been fixed in the upstream, or was fixed but not in the same way, i.e., contact upstream and ask if the reasons for the patches has gone away so you don't need to patch for it anymore?
Most of the patches seem to have been there for quite some period of time. I initially tried creating and compiling a srpm/rpm that didn't include the patches to see what would happen. It compiled and installed, but didn't actually work. Therefore, at least some of the patches are still required.
Would the upstream be interested in integrating the patches, or similar functionality changes, for you? Would the upstream be interested in integrating the spec file for you?
That I don't know, but once it's whipped into shape I could ask them, I suppose.