On 13-12-2019 15:24:40 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > > > ...and why do we consider it correct to apply patches when the context > > > doesn't match? If our only goal is to make things 'easier' for > > > 'everyone', then we could just pass -F9999 and ignore all the context. > > > > > > Though I don't understand why include any context in the first place if > > > you don't care about it matching. Sounds like a waste of space to me! > > > > The patch command defaults to -F2. If that makes no sense, why is it > > the upstream default? > > > > You should ask upstream, not me. But if I were to guess, the answer > would be because patch(1) is used by random people trying to apply > random patches they've found somewhere. We on the other hand are > applying patches that *we* are supposed to provide.
We are providing those patches, maybe. In reality very often the patches originate from somewhere else though. And you don't want to have to respin all of those just because. At least that's what I feel. Thanks, Fabian -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
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