Sandro Tosi wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 18:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Should we start deprecating dpatch and specifying that in: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/ch-build.en.html > > so new packages use quilt instead of dpatch and we start the > > transition of the remaining packages to quilt? > > Absolutely not: dpatch is way much superior in situation where the > debian/ dir is versioned in a VCS and merged with upstream code at > package build-time (I think of svn + prop:mergeWithUstream).
Could you explain this? I would like to know the exact steps that you carry and why quilt can not cope with them. I would like to know if there is any problem that quilt can not handle that dpatch can. > Moreover, looking at numbers[1][2], dpatch is roughly 2.5 more used that > quilt. With that thinking you should consider using MSWindows as it is much more used than Debian GNU/Linux. > I'm not saying quilt is not worth to be used, but dpatch is very used, > has a strong users-base and has capabilities not actually available in > quilt, so no, please let's keep both and let the developer choose what > they prefer. I think dpatch is an inferior tool to solve the same problem. Ahora también puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el móvil. Infórmate pinchando aquí. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
