On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:32:28 +0100 Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 06:31:22PM +0100, David Paleino wrote: > > > > Another idea could be exploiting usertags to track the ones > > forwarded too: if Ubuntu could put all its patches in one place > > (patches.ubuntu.com?), we could usertag a Debian bug with attached > > an Ubuntu patch with something like: > > > > usertag patch-name foo_bla_bla.patch > > > > (can't remember the exact usertag syntax, forgive me, hope it makes > > sense) > > The collection of patches we swept in ancient-patches is a relic from > a time when both Debian and Ubuntu had less infrastructure for patch > tracking. The correct thing to do now in Ubuntu is to use the > "submittodebian" script which does all the right things automatically. > > In other words, we shouldn't have to deal with random patch files > lying around anymore. :-) Are there many of these sort of scripts? If they could be adapted by other derivatives it could help their forwarding of issues too. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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