The original post: /r/linux by /u/azaroseu on 2025-02-20 22:25:24.

Source-based Linux distributions often maintain and distribute patches for packages in their official repositories. Below are examples of patches for random packages in four different (meta)distributions:

Are all patches solely written and maintained by the developers of these distributions? Or are there centralized locations where people can find all the patches for a given package (e.g., branches in the upstream repository, archives from mailing lists)? What the suckless project does is very useful in that regard.