On 20/05/08 at 21:01 +0200, sean finney wrote: > Package: qa.debian.org > Severity: wishlist > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi, > > this is both a request and an notice of intent that i may try to > implement something :) > > my proposal is that the current "patches" section on a source package's > qa package is modified so that the following information is somehow > provided, where appropriate (depending on structure/format of source > package naturally).
What you propose sounds like adding a lot of information to the PTS page. Why did you choose that, instead of a separate website (http://patches.d.o)? > - - entire "debian patch" > - - individual quilt/dpatch patches > - - individual patches from v3 (quilt) format packages > - - feature-branch patches for v3 (git) format packages, if possible > (would require more thinking through and i do not intend to do this > initially) It's not clear yet whether this format will be accepted in the archive. > additionally, for each patch, when possible provide the following > information: > > - - which version of the package introduced it how are you planning to determine that? why is that important? > - - any notes at the top of the patch > - - any relevant vcs metadata > - - any relevant bts metadata (could be found using heuristics in the > previous items) example? -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
