On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Russ Allbery wrote: > I wouldn't worry about any metadata at all; dpkg-source would just apply > all the patches in the series file (or, really, we could just script a > conversion from quilt to wig&pen by appending arbitrary numbers to the > patches based on the series file and omitting patches not listed in > series). > > If someone wants to work on the tree with quilt, then rather than using > dpkg-source -x they should use dpkg-quilt-unpack or some similar script > yet to be written that would create a series file, stick the patches in > debian/patches or some other likely location, and untar only the virgin > tarball.
This seems less than ideal to me. If we want to avoid proliferation of patch management system, I'd rather integrate some of those functionalities in dpkg-dev proper. IMO we need at least some building blocks (API?) so that VCS-based package management tools can easily integrate (new) patches in the Debian source package (or define the whole patch series for that matter). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
