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by aragilar 395 days ago
I mean, it would depend on what the patch is? If you're adding a missing manpage, I'm not sure what can go wrong? Is changing the build options (e.g. enabling or disabling features) a patch, or an expected change (and if such a config option is bad, what blame should be put on upstream for providing it)? What about default config files (which could both make the software more secure or less, such as what cyphers to use with TLS or SSH)?