[Bug 273122] lang/python311: backport netlink support

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=273122

--- Comment #14 from Charlie Li <vishwin@freebsd.org> ---
(autotools) configure patches, against the generated-by-autoconf output, are
unwieldy by default; this is no exception. The existing local as in ${PATCHDIR}
patch against configure deals with LTO support, which is unlikely to be merged
upstream. Nothing to do with netlink support, which has been merged upstream
(even though trunk only). Mixing these two concerns in the same local patch(es)
is a maintenance issue that is easily and should be avoided. Amongst other
things, consider that, when a future ports person starts working on
lang/python313 by repocopying lang/python312 (which will contain the netlink
patch), they can immediately remove the ${PATCH_SITES}/${PATCHFILES} lines
rather than figure out what went wrong in ${PATCHDIR} in this area.

So no, these discussions are necessary, and expect more of them. If there is an
unwillingness by the original submitter to do what is necessary, I will do it
myself.

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