Re: New source package formats now available
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:48:14AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> > Because you want the patch to be clearly identified and to carry its
> > meta-information. Or because maybe you're applying 2 separate patches in
> > the same NMU upload.
>
> "Fixing cosmetic issues or changing the packaging style in NMUs is
> discouraged."
>
> Adding a patching system is surely changing the packaging style.
Exactly, that is why 1.0 is less NMU-friendly than 3.0 (quilt)... you
can't do the right thing in a NMU, either you break the above rule or
you have to meld patches in the .diff.gz with no other information
than what you put in the changelog.
> My point is : dpkg-source -x should be idempotent, whatever other
> packages are installed when you do it. The fact that you can't
> dpkg-source -x, and *then* install quilt to manage the patches is a
> nuisance.
It's a minor one, yes. But it should happen only once... the next time
will be still be installed. And since quilt is not needed during a simple
build, I don't see the need to add it the dependencies of dpkg-dev.
Cheers,
--
Raphaël Hertzog
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