On 4/24/20 11:07 AM, Bruno Friedmann wrote: > On vendredi, 24 avril 2020 17.42:40 h CEST Tom Eastep wrote: >> We have discovered that the 5.2.4.3 patch files do not apply cleanly to >> the 5.2.4.2 code base. This has been a problem off an on through the >> years, so we have been considering enhancing our tool chain to more >> thoroughly vet the generated patches. As far as we know, however, there >> were only two maintainers who are using the patches to produce patch >> releases for their distributions. At this point, one of the two >> maintainers (Greg Tourte) is no longer using the patches and the other >> (Tuomo Soini) is willing to change his workflow. >> >> Are any other maintainers using the patches to generate patch releases? >> If not, we may decide to stop releasing them or to continue releasing >> them, but for informational purposes only. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Tom > > Hello Tom, I'm (as openSUSE) maintainer don't use patch, but each time the > whole tar.bz2 sources for a release. > > Long long time ago, I was using them, when I managed systems with the sources. > (Believe in 2004-2007 period) before moving to the packages. >
Thanks, Bruno. And thanks for supporting Shorewall. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Q: What do you get when you cross a mobster Shoreline, \ with an international standard? Washington, USA \ A: Someone who makes you an offer you http://shorewall.org \ can't understand \________________________________________
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