Hello, On Thu 29 May 2025 at 11:31am +02, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 10:27:09AM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: >>On Wed 28 May 2025 at 10:04pm +02, Marc Haber wrote: >>> My personal pet peeve is the difference between the source package and the >>> packaging git repository contents. Those two especially differ in the state >>> of >>> patches: They're applied in the unpacked source package, and not applied in >>> the packed source package and in the git repository contents. That is for >>> me a >>> constant source of confusion and it would be nice if your document would >>> contain an explanation. >> >>To be clear, there are several patches-applied workflows (where both >>d/patches and the changed files are committed to git) in use in the >>archive by high profile packages. For example, Emacs. > > Again, Otto outlined HIS personal preference to create packages, he did a > marvelous job in explaining WHY he prefers THIS workflow and I personally > happen to concur. Right. Opinionated posts are very useful. -- Sean Whitton
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