Quoting Svante Signell (2015-01-09 12:01:15) > On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 10:22 +0100, Justus Winter wrote: > > Quoting Svante Signell (2015-01-09 09:06:34) > > > > > I don't recommend that. Instead, hack on a branch that sits on top of > > the current master. Then, drop the Debian packaging bits from my > > repository here: > > > > http://darnassus.sceen.net/gitweb/teythoon/packaging/hurd.git > > > > Just clone this repo and copy everything to your git tree. Then build > > the Debian package. > > I don't see how this could work. If I base my patches on upstream > master, apply them and then the debian patches, all debian patches might > not apply properly. And what about debian patches overriding my changes?
That can be a problem and is a real PITA. Help by upstreaming patches.
