Bug#904302: Whether vendor-specific patch series should be permitted in the archive

[David Bremner <david@tethera.net>]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> writes:


> My understanding of the TC proposal so far is that this would
> recommend a 1:1 conversion from vendor-specific patch series
> to build-time patching. And as I said, you could even get rid
> of the "after buster" part if someone has conversions for all
> of the 18 affected packages ready.

My hope is that the final wording will recommend (demand?) the
conversion from vendor-specific patch series to _something else_,
without taking a position on what that something else should be. The
wording proposed in the last TC meeting (but not yet sent to the bug I
think) did mention build-time patching as an option, but weakened the
initial wording's apparent endorsement of build-time patching as the
recommended method. Before discussing too much further, it might be
helpful to have the revised wording on the bug. If I remember correctly
Tollef was going to post those.

d