Package: dpatch
Version: 2.0.14
Severity: wishlist

Hi again,

It is confusing that dpatch-convert-diffgz and dpatch-edit-patch have
different syntaxes. From their manpages:

   dpatch-convert-diffgz patchno patchname
   dpatch-edit-patch [options] command dpatchname

However if my patch is 01_first.dpatch, then I need the following
commands of different syntaxes:

   dpatch-convert-diffgz 01 first
   dpatch-edit-patch patch 01_first

For the sake of consistency, either:

1) dpatch-convert-diffgz should take a single parameter (01_first)

or

2) dpatch-edit-patch should be modified to accept patchno as a
parameter.

It seems to me that option #1 is preferable: always have the user
specify the complete patch name (i.e. 01_first).

Charles

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ii  fakeroot                      1.5.1      Gives a fake root environment
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