On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:04:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > To me this one proof more than even when VCS are used to maintain > > packages, our source packages must clearly identify the Debian patches > > that are applied. > > You're insinuatiog that a VCS does not allow easily browsing and > examining patches, and I just don't buy it.
This is not the point IMO. The point is that we won't be able in the near future (5 years?) to converge to a single well-known $VCS, there are just too many, and we can't require all free software eyes to grok it. On the contrary it is the case that a list of (sequential) .diff files are understandable by whoever is manipulating free software source code. So yes, in this respect I concur that a set of published (though commented!) patches is better than $VCS. Cheers. PS I'm also convinced that 10 years from now the free software world will have converged on git, but this is a different story -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ............... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -<%>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ? /\ All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema \/ right keys at the right time
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