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We don't have any policy. Sticking with upstream is a shared value between the packagers but it's important to note that we generally don't enforce any policy.
by Foxboron 6y ago
We don't have any policy. Sticking with upstream is a shared value between the packagers but it's important to note that we generally don't enforce any policy. Most packages has no patches. Usually it's regressions or security patches if there is anything.
Current linux release has one patch changing one default:
https://github.com/archlinux/linux/commits/v5.9.8-arch1 https://github.com/archlinux/linux/commits/v5.9.8-arch1
- nemetroid 6y agoThe wording on this page suggests that it is a policy: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Patching https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Patching As you say, the page notes that "[the] policy is intended to suggest, not to enforce", but having a policy is orthogonal to enforcing it.
- Foxboron 6y agoAnd as a packager for Arch the past 3 years: I had no clue this page existed. Evidently we are bad at these policy things. But I'd rather call them social norms then packaging policies.
- zaarn 6y agoEven unspoken or badly specified policies can be policies. Just unwritten ones in that case. I thoroughly enjoy this one.