commit: 2b94b64306230dc3595150c5bba87ec0763d93a3
Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 8 04:31:16 2022 +0000
Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov 10 07:17:02 2022 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=2b94b643
general-concepts/ebuild-revisions: note which build-time fixes need a new
revision
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>
general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
index fc5ba7c..b2fa57f 100644
--- a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
+++ b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ of thumb could be used as a guideline:
<li>
adding a patch to fix a build-time issue that prevented users from
building the package (since it does not affect users who already
- managed to build it),
+ managed to build it) unless: it affected runtime behaviour in some way
+ (e.g. <c>-Wformat</c> or <c>-Wimplicit-function-declaration</c> fixes);
+ the package may have been miscompiled, or the change is substantial
+ (if adding a huge patch to fix a problem, the chances of an unexpected
+ issue being introduced by it are larger).
</li>
<li>adding a trivial documentation fix,</li>
<li>
