On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM, PyroPeter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/31/2010 08:17 AM, Nathan O wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Loui Chang<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue 31 Aug 2010 00:48 -0500, Nathan O 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 >>>> >>> 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." > Currently I can't remember which ones. I will go through once I finish cleaning my current packages. Once I see the package name, I will remember which ones. Thanks
