Re: Non-unified patches and dpkg source format ‘3.0 (quilt)’.

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

]] Charles Plessy 

| I am all for campaigning for the unified diff format if there are
| arguments on which I can base a discussion with Upstream, but a mere
| cultural preference, be it the one of a very large majority, is a too
| weak argument.

They're easier to review (because you have a bit of context) and to
adapt to sources where they don't apply 100%.

I would start by asking upstream first and see if they reject the
request, or ask «why?» before pushing for changes in Debian tools.

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Tollef Fog Heen
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are