Benjamin Drung <bdr...@ubuntu.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> When a new upstream version is released, I have to check all patches if
> they were accepted by upstream or not. I have to check each patch if I
> can drop it. It would make packaging new releases easier if there were
> an optional Applied-Upstream field. Every patch that was applied
> upstream can be dropped. "no" or "not-yet" would indicate that the patch
> was not applied yet. If the patch was applied, it could contain the
> revision (like "r4681") or a link to the VCS commit.
>
> What do you think about my suggestion?
Why would the source (or VCS head) ever contain a patch that was
applied upstream? The moment the patch gets applied you simply remove
it.
MfG
Goswin
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