* Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> [2011-11-29 03:33]: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > - Custom patch commands, as already discussed. Yes, we should get rid of > > them, but that doesn't make it easy to convert them. > > > > - Conditional application of patches. Some packages have patches that are > > only applied on a per-architecture or per-target-distribution basis. > > > > - Patches that don't unapply cleanly after build can be dealt with via > > 'rm -rf' with a custom patch system, but must be made to unapply cleanly > > with v3 (quilt). > > All of these can be dealt with by rewriting the patch so that it is > acceptable to upstream and applied and released by them.
Care to explain how conditional per-target-distribution patches should be bushed upstream? Think of patches requried for debian/sid, debian/squeeze-backports, ubuntu/Oneric Ocelot and ubuntu/Lucid Lynx when it comes to build dependencies. Thanks, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111129085645.gv10...@anguilla.debian.or.at