<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=koi8-r"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:2.0cm 42.5pt 2.0cm 3.0cm;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=RU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Currently, I’m using CSW packages on sparc a few hosts. Usually, I prefer using prebuild<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>packages, but sometimes software in CSW catalog is outdated or miss some features.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For such šcases I’ve set up a build host where I can build packages from GAR. Now, I have<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>some questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What catalog contain packages for regular use? Packages in stable are very old, mostly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Software in testing and unstable looks newer, but how stable it is? For example,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>subversion related packages šmixes two version 1.6.16 and 1.6.15, which looks strange<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>While building packages with GAR, I sometime face bug in GAR or package. Usually,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m fixing them by myself, because it is usually faster. I don’t want to become a maintainer,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>because I can’t spent time on CSW regularly, but I can send bug reports/patches from <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>time to time. Is there a need in such contributions. What is the preferred way to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>send patches, bug reports. There is GAR trac at SF, Mantis at OpenCSW and several<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>mailing lists. What should I use?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Andrey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>