On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 12:27:38PM +0200, GCS wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 09:47:57AM +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The simplest way is just to apply the patch directly and rebuild! DBS, > > dpatch, and the like are usually massive overkill for small packages or > > small patch sets. > It seems. But on the long run, it would be easier to leave the original > package intact, let it evolve, and apply my changes into the debian/ dir > only imho.
My experience strongly disagrees except in the most complex cases with very large collections of patches that cannot go upstream for some reason; for a few patches I've always found the .diff.gz quite adequate for seeing Debian-specific changes, and build-time patch systems impose extra difficulty on other people trying to decipher the package's build process so I don't think they should be used unnecessarily. I suggest using revision control if you want to keep track of your changes in more detail. Developers do differ considerably on this point, though. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
