One thing I think this dicussion misses is consideration of how our merge tools work. Think of the case of a package with inline changes fron Debian and an Ubuntu change also and the Debian maintainer adds the Ubuntu change to hs package in Debian.
If the Ubuntu change is also in line merge-o-matic will either note this and drop the Ubuntu diff or conflict and leave markers in the code showing what needs manual review. If the change is in a patch, it will totally fail to be noticed and at best cause an FTBFS that would require a lot of work to fully detangle. I like patch systems, but we need to be careful not to use them when we could shoot ourselves in the foot as a result. Scott K -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
