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SearchOpenSource: Patch Work Management: Keeping the Pieces Together

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2006

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
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How does the Linux distribution patch delivery/source
model differ from that of proprietary operating systems? What
alternatives exist in the Linux world that don’t exist in
proprietary circles?

Michael Jang: The differences mirror (no pun
intended) those of the operating systems themselves. In other
words, Linux uses open source delivery software; most Linux patch
delivery systems are publicly available…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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