Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> writes:
>
>> The proposal is about tracking the required patches in the BTS.

Should have said tracking the state of patches. Didn't mean the
patches verbatim.

> No, the bug is about classifying "divergence from upstream" as a bug
> to be tracked in the Debian BTS. The location of patches isn't a
> necessary part of the proposal.
>
> Patches in the BTS are listed in the proposal as a "can", not a
> "should" -- i.e. something that would be a natural part of the
> workflow, but not a necessary part of the proposal.

MfG
        Goswin