"Thijs Kinkhorst" <th...@debian.org> writes: > Hi Raphaël, > > On Mon, June 15, 2009 18:12, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> please find below a first draft of DEP-3 that I called Patch Tagging >> Guidelines. The idea is to standardize a set of meta-information to embed >> in patches that we apply. Please review, share your comments and ideas >> of enhancements. > > For me a key question that the proposal doesn't answer is what value this > formalisation would add. Yes, indeed patches should be commented, but what > is the problem with the current situation where we just put freeform text > above the patch? That works fine for me. Every formalisation has a cost > and I'm not sure here that it's offset by the (which?) benefits.
Possible benefits (partly mentioned in the spec) - tools can be adapted/crafted to maintain these fields - streamline development practice to faciliate team communication - (web)tools can analyse and produce statistics I'm looking forward to see prototype implementations of tools that use patch files formatted this way. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org