Re:The struggles of an open source maintainer
by kashyapc on Friday May 17, 2019 @05:05AM
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Fedora comes very close. But I'm biased, as a user of (and contributor to) it for about ten years.
Don't take my word for it, read the related documentation[1]:
"The Fedora Project focuses, as much as possible, on not deviating from upstream in the software it includes in the repository. The following guidelines are a general set of best practices, and provide reasons why this is a good idea, tips for sending your patches upstream, and potential exceptions Fedora might make. The primary goal is to share the benefits of a common codebase for end users and developers while simultaneously reducing unnecessary maintenance efforts."
The linked[1] documentation also answers, with specific examples, the question of: "What are deviations from upstream?"
Don't take my word for it, read the related documentation[1]:
"The Fedora Project focuses, as much as possible, on not deviating from upstream in the software it includes in the repository. The following guidelines are a general set of best practices, and provide reasons why this is a good idea, tips for sending your patches upstream, and potential exceptions Fedora might make. The primary goal is to share the benefits of a common codebase for end users and developers while simultaneously reducing unnecessary maintenance efforts."
The linked[1] documentation also answers, with specific examples, the question of: "What are deviations from upstream?"
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Staying_close_to_upstream_pro...