[MacPorts] #60155: intltool: Why has our intltool.m4 patch not been accepted by the intltool developers?

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#60155: intltool: Why has our intltool.m4 patch not been accepted by the intltool
developers?
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 Reporter:  ryandesign  |      Owner:  dbevans
     Type:  defect      |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
Component:  ports       |    Version:
 Keywords:              |       Port:  intltool
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 In our intltool port we patch intltool.m4 to remove a bug (the fact that
 it searches for perl, which it does not need to do). Why do we have to
 carry this patch forward forever? Why can the developers of intltool not
 accept this patch into their software?

 Several projects bundle intltool.m4; when they do, we then have to add the
 patch to those as well (see e.g. #60130). This becomes tedious.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60155>
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