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authorPatrick McDermott <pehjota>2017-08-05 20:49:19 (EDT)
committer Patrick McDermott <pehjota>2017-08-05 20:49:19 (EDT)
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dev: Mention package maintenance
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@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ format. [15 packages][src_pkgs_spring2015] prepared by a team of students in
the spring 2015 NJIT CCS Capstone program need to be reviewed for uploading to
the package archive.
+But the work doesn't end after a package is prepared and uploaded; maintaining
+existing packages is also important. ProteanOS currently has
+[[81_source_packages_(403_binary_packages)|dev/releases/1/packages]]. Many of
+these have newer upstream versions and can be updated. Some have patches that
+can be dropped when updating to a newer upstream version. Some others have
+patches that may be of interest outside ProteanOS but have not yet been
+submitted upstream.
+
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