31 Aug
2010
31 Aug
'10
7:44 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Nathan O <ndowens.aur@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com> wrote:
What should I do about software that won't work, not due to the fact about how it is packaged, but badly coded? I am finding some packages of mine
On Tue 31 Aug 2010 00:48 -0500, Nathan O wrote: that
won't compile or run and the author(programmer) doesn't seem to be active anymore
Patch them if you want, orphan them if you don't.
Some applications I can patch or use sed, but there are some packages that, in my opinion, would require somebody that knows programming in order to fix the issues.
You could check what patches other distros have applied.