> > > > If people are willing to do the conversion between patch formats for
> > > their
> > > > own purposes, more power to them. I don't see any compelling reason to
> > > > change the format I use.
> > > >
> > > Could I at least convince you to start doing -p1, if not unified?
> > >
> >
> > I think the cost is too high. All bash package maintainers on different
> > *nix systems will have to change accordingly.
> >
> Well how about this; we ask the downstreams. List taken from repology,
> hopefully these are still all active and accurate. So, to reiterate the
> original premise of this thread for the newly added, I suggest the
> following:
Speaking for myself, as a bash maintainer in Solaris, I'm glad for
Chet's work in any shape or form. And I vote for anything which makes
his work easier.
The rest can be scripted
Thank you
--
Vlad
