On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 05:19:50PM +0100, Roland Mas wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez, 2008-02-22 08:33:17 -0500 : > > [...] > > > Now, if I could run an 'apt-get source -t unstable foo' and create > > my patch against the resulting source package, and be sure that the > > maintainer won't reject it on the grounds of the patch not being > > against the head (or latest, or whatever) of whichever $DVCS they > > happen to be using, then things would be a little better. > > I believe that's exactly what debcheckout(1) is for. > > As for generating the patch, maybe debcommit(1) could be extended to > provide a --diff-only option that would just output a patch rather > than try to actually commit. And while we're at it, maybe there could > be a debcheckout --update option that would update the working copy to > the current state of the repository. > Yes, those features would be a Godsend to me. I am certain that they would be to others as well.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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