On 4/25/20 2:01 AM, Michele Baldessari wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 08:42:40AM -0700, 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. > > Hi Tom, > > Fedora maintainer here and I also only use full .tar files to generate > packages so +1 on dropping the patches files. > > Thanks, > Michele >
Thanks, Michele. And thank you 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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