On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 12:56:26AM +0100, James Westby wrote: > Guido Günther wrote: > >> I am concerned that just allowing to use git-format-patch will result in > >> people not making an effort to markup other metadata in DEP#3 format, > >> like bug numbers or reviewers and leave those as free-form in the body. > > We can have Forwarded:, Origin:, Received-by: in this format as well, > > just like Signed-off-by: or Reviewed-by: or Thanks:. > > They are difficult to update though. Say we collaborate in a VCS on the > same package, and you create a patch and upload it, and then I later > forward it. > > I will then want to change the "Forwarded:" value in the patch, however > this is in the commit message, so must I amend your commit in order to > do that? Which isn't a problem on patch-queue branches since you either can recreate them anytime from what's in debian/patches or simply ammend the commit. They're supposed to be rebased frequently anyway. Cheers, -- Guido
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