current release patch page

[Steve Williams]

Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:

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>>There were a series of patches against 3.0.20 that go together 
>>to resolve a problem with Windows 98 looping under AIX
>>5.3.  (See bugzilla 3010).  Would this classify for this page??
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>Yup.  I'll grab that one tomorrow.  Thanks for the reminder.
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>>How is this going to be maintained?
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>Manually I'm afraid.  It's up to a developer to determine
>whether the bug is widespread enough to warrant posting on
>the public patch page.
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>This page should be for fairly visible issues that would
>prevent someone from using the otherwise latest release.
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>cheers, jerry
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Personally, I think this is a fantastic idea. 

Two people (myself & William) put some effort into resolving this 
problem, and it WILL bite anyone running Windows 98 (and earlier?) 
systems when combined with AIX 5.  This is a great way to enable people 
to become functional on a stable release.  I know I would have 
appreciated it ;-)  lol..

If you put together a little "bug submitter directions" on exactly how 
to get the patches out of svn so they were compatable with the commands 
to apply the patch, I do not think it is unreasonable to expect people 
that have put the effort into resolving the problem to throw together 
the patches.  I have all the patches & could put them in one file and 
email them to you, but I think they have different "-p X" args.. I had 
never used SVN until this little episode.  I for sure would not mind 
doing it if I had just a little nudge in the right direction... maybe 
you can spend the time writing the directions for me instead of doing 
it... then I can test your directions :-). 

Just a thought... I know it is a double edged sword...  if it's not done 
properly, it creates more "pain" for the team... so is it worth it to 
unload a little work & risk causing yourself pain down the road??? The 
normal dilemma of delegation!  :-D

Cheers,
Steve