Re: 200 packages with the greatest number of patches

[Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost>]

> Preparing patchkits (like I have several of) makes the process easier:
> the idea is that the patchkit is directly upstreamable (that is, you
> keep pkgsrc-specific stuff out of it) plus it also reduces the pkgsrc
> overhead.

A github fork (or the Mercurial equivalent thereof) is probably a good idea. Even CVS can do vendor branches for patchkits. If only NetBSD provided version control ...

> In the past I've suggested that TNF set up repositories for this kind
> of thing so that any developer can do the work. This always gets a
> vaguely positive response so maybe it should happen sometime…

Yes please!

—Benny.