[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Haber) writes: > For these packages, we have > (1) the pristine sources > (2) the debian patch from the source archive and > (3) our own patch that is applied to the source dir before building > the package. > > I'd like to see the new package tools supporting this transparently, > so that dpkg-source for example would look for other patches fitting > the package to be unpacked and automatically apply them.
As someone who is in similar shoes (slightly modded versions of debian packages), I certainly wouldn't mind it if this was possible. I'm not sure it should be a primary goal, but if it's a happy accident, well. It might also help with NMUs. Mike.
