Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But I can't see what managing Debian modifications/patches has got > to do with our source package format. That should be left to > whatever source management systems that our maintainers use.
Patches are more likely to be accepted upstream if they're not one big lump---so it is an aide to those Debian maintainers who contribute significant bug-fixes and such upstream if they can keep patches separate. When I was porting netbase/netstd to the Alpha, I suspect it would have been nice, since they were aggregate packages, but just about every single sub-package needed mods, so being able to break out each sub-package's patches would have made it easier for the primary maintainer. Mike.
