On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 06:28:06AM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > There's nothing wrong with /using/ a patch system. Introducing one, or > changing the system in use, as part of a stable update doesn't count as > a minimal fix with no unnecessary changes, however.
Ok, I see your point. > What seems a "small and obvious" change to the packaging often > ends up having unexpected consequences What if I change debian/rules to reinvent the wheel: patching with sed would be ok for release team? Direct modification of the upstream tarball seems to be overkill for this task. Then, it's better to keep things as is. I don't want to convert the package for stable to unmaintanable mess. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
