On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:18:37AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Benjamin Drung <bdr...@ubuntu.com> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > When a new upstream version is released, I have to check all patches if > > they were accepted by upstream or not. I have to check each patch if I > > can drop it. It would make packaging new releases easier if there were > > an optional Applied-Upstream field. Every patch that was applied > > upstream can be dropped. "no" or "not-yet" would indicate that the patch > > was not applied yet. If the patch was applied, it could contain the > > revision (like "r4681") or a link to the VCS commit. > > > > What do you think about my suggestion? > > Why would the source (or VCS head) ever contain a patch that was > applied upstream? The moment the patch gets applied you simply remove > it.
Ever heard of branches ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
