On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 11:29 -0800, Tom Eastep wrote:
> One other issue to decide; the kernel patches are cumulative -- should
> Shorewall patches also be cumulative so that distributions only have to
> apply the latest patch against the base release?
As far as distro packagers are concerned, I believe it doesn't make much
of a difference. They will either need to add a new patch, or get rid of
the old one and substitute by the new...
For anyone out there actually using the tarball releases however,
cumulative patches would result in more work, if they are tracking the
code closely. After all, the new patch doesn't just apply cleanly. The
old one(s) need to be reverted first, to apply the latest fixes.
The GNOME project for example offers a diff between each release and its
predecessor (if any) of the same $MAJOR.$MINOR version.
Personally, I'd go with a patch that includes the fixes for the latest
version. However, I am not a distro packager. :)
Karsten
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