Hello,

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:05:51AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez Jr wrote:
> > 5. You have lots and lots of patches without proper patch headers.  The
> > patches seem to be revisions of each other.  You need one patch for each
> > meaningful change, with the reason for the change explained in the patch
> > header (ideally a DEP-3-compatible header).
> > 
> I am aware of this. I have been trying to figure out how to merge these 
> patches. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

You can use gbp-pq(1) to convert the patches to a git branch, and then
use an interactive rebase to merge them.

Or there is combinediff(1).

> > 6. You shouldn't patch the makefile's install target.  Override
> > dh_auto_install to disable it, and use dh_install to install the
> > files where they should go.  (See the manpages for those tools.)
> > 
> I will look into this. I did put in a pull request upstream with my Makefile 
> changes and I believe it will be merged.

Great -- as I said, remove the moreinfo tag from the bug when you think
it's ready for another review.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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