On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Tobias Scherbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Santiago M. Mola wrote: > >> However, tracking the status of every patch since its inclusion in >> portage until it's removed would be a huge work overhead... and I >> doubt it's worthy. > > I don't think it's a huge work overhead, it'll take an additional minute > per included patch to include a minimal description into the ebuild(s) > and use a standardized header for the patch. Compared to the time one > needs to spend when searching for information on that patch somewhen > later on it's worth every minute. >
Of course, puting a header with info in every patch is not a work overhead and I'd say it should be policy. What I meant is that it's no worth to track the status of every patch after it's added, as was suggested. Regards, -- Santiago M. Mola Jabber ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
