Re: Proposed patch management/build solution

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "utsl" == utsl  <utsl@quic.net> writes:

    utsl> This is a good idea. I'm interested in it.  Why not simply
    utsl> import the standard Debian source packages as vendor
    utsl> branches, and use the normal CVS facilities to track the
    utsl> changes? This seems simpler than keeping patches in separate
    utsl> files, as you describe below. 

Two reasons.  First is the bandwith requirement.  Some people involved
may not be close to the central CVS server.

Second is that DBS style packages do not work well with CVS at all.
Checking in tar files sucks.


I'll try and put things together and once I have something perhaps I
can get added to the sourceforge project so I can check it in.

I agree with your  analysis of the three kinds of patches.