On 10/16/2012 06:13 AM, Iain Lane wrote: > Hi, > > A lot of our packages are patched over upstream. Each of these comes > with a maintenance cost and is also a source of bugs and frustration > (quilt patches aren't the easiest things in the world to work with). > > I think we should systematically look at our patches and re-evaluate for > each one > > - Whether it is really (still) necessary — if not, drop > - If we can forward upstream if not already or if we can help > its upstream inclusion along > - Who is going to maintain the patch in the distro if it needs to be > kept as a local patch — desktop, PS, … > > It would be good if we could use something like DEP5 headers for all > patches, including adding them to existing patches. It's sometimes > really quite difficult to figure out what a particular patch is for, > whether it is upstream and so on. > > Cheers, > I think you mean DEP3 [1].
Thanks, Micah [1] http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
