On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, martin f krafft wrote: > > I don't agree with this change at all. It's going to break all sorts of > > expectations... starting with dpkg-source and its usage of quilt in the > > new format. > > Care to elaborate?
dpkg-source reimplements basic quilt functionalities to be able to work without it (patch application/addition of a new patch at the end) and uses quilt opportunistically when it's available... if you change the logic of quilt wrt series files, both won't be in sync and you can expect problems. The documented behaviour of dpkg-source will not match reality depending if quilt is installed or not. > > What for? You can put patches in such directories but a good patch is one > > that can be always applied even if it's an arch-specific fix. Thus you > > should not need multiple series. > > I am afraid there are situations where you cannot prevent a conflict > other than through ordering, no matter how "good" your patches are. I don't get it. Do you suppose that you can't update patches to bring all in a single series? Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
