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What is "upstream"?

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Mar 15, 202623733 views
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I always hear people saying it's better to "merge upstream" and stuff like that when it comes to designing software and the like. I have a feeling it's to do with mainstream linux kernel stuff but I'm probably wrong. And also, what is the opposite of "upstream". If it isn't good to go "upstream" wh…

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Upstream refers to the originator of the component that is being discussed. E.g. if you wrote a torrent client which is based upon libtransmission, then a bug is found in your client which is tracked back to libtransmission. The bug is fixed with a …

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