Carsten Hey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:05:40AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:31:51PM +0200, Carsten Hey wrote: >> > If an integration of the information in the patch headers into UDD >> > would be planned which could be used to query patches not applied >> > upstream or similar, I would at least see a benefit in using a standard >> > header format. >> >> That's the idea - make the data available for software. > > Well, which software, which use case? You don't need a special format to > display headers in the Debian patch tracking system.
As mentioned in the original proposal, one could make a (tentative) list of all patches that have not been submitted upstream but are not debian- specific. Not mentioned in the original proposal: for QA work, one could produce a (again, tentative) list of packages which contain (maybe lots of) patches fixing bugs in debian but are not forwarded/incorporated upstream, which may be an indicator of dead upstreams. If someone starts collecting patch history about the packages, one could make also a list of packages that have non-debian specific patches that have been applied across several upstream versions, perhaps indicating lack of manpower/will/spiritual strength to coordinate/endure/work with upstream. Of course, all this information may or may not be interesting to anybody. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
