On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 10:42:22AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > As Mattia pointed out, the "3.0 (quilt)" format supports the > "debian-single-patch" option (that you can put in debian/source/options) > which makes it behave like source format 1.0 and auto-generates/updates a > single patch in the series based on the changes you made compared to > upstream. > > I don't think there's a valid technical reason to not use a newer format. > Some dislike the choices made and the fact that many new features are > coupled to the new format, but there's really nothing that you could do > with the old format than you can't do now with new ones.
I suspect people resent being chastised to "separate patches" as the toolage used to scream at you when using 3.0 + single-debian-patch. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ A true bird-watcher waves his tail while doing so. ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
