Re: Requirements of a VCS packaging tool

2008-03-25 Thread Jelmer Vernooij
On Mo, 2008-03-17 at 18:38 +, James Westby wrote: > Support common tasks easily > --- > > There are certain common tasks which should be made easy to do. > > * New upstream release > - The process of incorporating a new upstream release, making > the necess

Re: Requirements of a VCS packaging tool

2008-03-25 Thread Jesse Keating
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 18:49 +0100, Jelmer Vernooij wrote: > I think there is a point missing here: > > * Importing patches from other distros > > If this was easier, I think sharing patches across distros could be more > common. More specifically, it could help the cooperation between Debian >

Re: Requirements of a VCS packaging tool

2008-03-25 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jesse Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.03.25.1956 +0100]: > And for that to work, the patches really need to be applied in > part to a pristine source. Some of the problem is that Ubuntu is > so far into patch land that pulling a discrete fix out is nearly > impossible. Also, diffs o