[Info-vax] Open source usage, Was Python and various libraries updated

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rh3i1p$hb7$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> * have a person spend some time lobbying open source projects to
>    include VMS fixes in main distribution

Why is that necessary?  Does the BDFL decide what fixes get in and which 
don't?