Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Lucas Nussbaum dijo [Sat, May 17, 2008 at 02:37:31PM +0200]:
>> If I understand things correctly (but I'm really not sure I do), 3.0
>> (quilt) won't really help with that: it won't prevent maintainers to
>> directly modify files outside of debian/ , and generate a huge
>> debian/patches/debian-changes-version.diff.
Yes it will. Any modified file will end up in debian/patches/ instead
of modifying the file directly. It will not prevent patches but it
ensures they are used exclusively. So no packages that change some
files directly and use debian/patches/ for others.
>> It seems to me that what we need to do is decide that using dpatch or
>> quilt is the way to go (with properly commenting individual patches).
>> It's a social problem, not a technical one.
>
> But with some time put to it, we can end up including a "the
> maintainer shuold not modify files outside of the debian/ directory
> without a strong rationale", and provide lintian checks for packages
> still directly modifying upstream code...
Do you mean no debian/patches at all?
> It can become a long transition, but a good one in the end, /methinks.
MfG
Goswin
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