Re: Why bash doesn't have bug reporting site?

[Chet Ramey]

> > * Ability to link with patches. In fact, github allows submitters to attach
> > a patch, and admin can just merge it in with one click, provided there are
> > no conflicts.
> 
> The number of issues we get with patches already attached are few. The
> number of patches that are applied verbatim, fewer still.

The number of patches I receive and apply verbatim is very close to 0. The
number of patches I receive that I auto-apply is 0.

I don't know what folks with local repos do with the patches -- numbered
and unofficial -- I send out.

Chet

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