On 08/31/2010 08:17 AM, Nathan O 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. Hi Nathan,
If it's a useful software someone will fork and fix it properly. Are you speaking about a particular software? Greetz, Peter Lustig -- freenode/pyropeter "12:50 - Ich drücke Return."