> Sometimes upstream software has tests that fail within Debian's build system, so Debian will patch the software to build/test under their build system. This

> Sometimes upstream software has tests that fail within Debian's build system, so Debian will patch the software to build/test under their build system. This is the source of my question, as one of the worst Debian bugs ever[1] happened due to this policy. > In a surprising number of these cases, upstream developers can become super hostile. And it's kinda-sorta understandable. I believe in the case I mentioned above an upstream user stated after the fact that the entire developer-base would have been super hostile to that patch. That hostility would have been quite valuable to the Debian community. So I take it there is still no requirement for Debian "patchers" to contact upstream prior to patching? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/random_number_b.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/random_number...