Re: Bug#250202: Standardizing make target for 'patch' and 'upstream-source'

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

Hi,

Thanks for getting up a very nice summary.

> If one consideres the proliferation of build-systems as a sign for the need of 
> different people to handle patch-management differently (compare to the 
> various build systems besides debhelper) then a simple dpkg-source -b 
> probably won't make the cut for everyone. 

I agree to your point; I don't think it will be an end-all to 
have a dpkg supporting multiple source.

Considering the freedom of implementation and cost of implementation;
I am thinking that a common-alias target for preparing the debian patched
source code is the best.

As a transition period, I am evaluating whether it is feasible 
to prepare a list of commands required for each package to be 
unpacked and patched.


regards,
	junichi


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