Re: How to cope with patches sanely

[Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au>]

Matthew Johnson <mjj29@debian.org> writes:

> I am against patch system users being forced to changed to a DVCS
> system, however, which _has_ been suggested.

I've not seen that suggested in this thread. Can you give a reference,
please?

What I've seen, that might be confused with the above, is:

  * arguments against patch systems on the basis of forcing others to
    use those specific tools; followed by requests;

  * arguments for DVCS workflows on the basis that they provide the
    advantages of tracking changes without forcing others to know the
    specific tool used;

  * requests from, and responses to, people wanting to know how a DVCS
    workflow can do this.

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Ben Finney