On Tue, 28 Apr 2009, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > But what if the package was unpacked without quilt? Or the user is not > familiar with quilt? Having to add files before editing takes getting > used to.
Well, standardizing is interesting because one has to learn only one system and this system is quilt. So I don't want to replace quilt with dpkg tools. The user should have quilt installed and it will be used. Once the format is standard, I will add a Recommends: quilt to avoid this problem to some extent. > Wouldn't it be nice to have a dpkg-edit-patch command in dpkg-dev that > would work like dpatch-edit-patch and with or without quilt? No. > Additionaly I think it would be nice to be able to rename the > debian/patches/debian-changes-version file or merge it into a previous > patch. Maybe we could have Same answer, it's not really dpkg's businees IMO. > Last how about annotating the debian/patches/debian-changes-version > patch when generating it adding infos from DEBFULLNAME, NAME, DEBEMAIL > and/or EMAIL just like dch does when generating the changelog? If none > of them are set the name/email from the last changelog entry could be > used. Yes, it's in my plans. But I would like us to standardize those meta-informations first so that I can put a useful template. That's why I reserved DEP #3 (Patch Tagging Guidelines). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
