More flexible source format (was Re: gdb is broken?)
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 11:13:15 +0100, Roman Hodek wrote:
> BTW, this again reminds me that I once planned to design a new, more
> flexible source format for Debian. It also should allow such arch-specific
> patches. Basically I plan to make non-related changes different patches,
> to make maintenance easier. The debian subdir also can be packaged
> separately. There also should be some meta-information, like permissions
> of files created by the patches (to remove some well-known problems :-),
> conditions under which patches should be applied (e.g. arch, os), and so
> on... Is anybody interested in this?
I think a lot of people would love to see this. Red Hat already has a
multiple-patches source format, which has proven very handy for us (to
extract specific fixes).
Ray
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