Bug#530436: ffmpeg-debian: FTBFS on Hurd

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 03:26:50AM -0400, Andres Mejia wrote:
> On Monday 25 May 2009 01:34:15 Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 08:53:08PM -0400, Andres Mejia wrote:
> > > On Sunday 24 May 2009 17:08:17 Marc Dequènes (Duck) wrote:
> > > > The configure script does not support the GNU system. The attached
> > > > very small patch adds the required modification to fix this problem.
> > > > Please consider applying it in your next upload and help push this
> > > > change upstream.
> > >
> > > Thanks. It's been applied in the git repo for the next upload and
> > > forwarded upstream.
> >
> > Better strategy: Forward upstream first, then merge back whatever
> > changes upstream really implements.
> 
> Oh yeah, got to fix that now. I'll forward these changes upstream first then from 
> now on.

Note that I changed your patch twice already.  While yours is correct
even if not optimal, committing it prematurely still caused you
duplicated work.  Had it been buggy, there might have been trouble...

With an upstream as active and responsive as FFmpeg I think there is
never a reason to commit a patch before it is accepted upstream.

Diego