Re: Applied-Upstream field for Patch Tagging Guidelines (DEP-3)
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:18:37AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When a new upstream version is released, I have to check all patches if
> > they were accepted by upstream or not. I have to check each patch if I
> > can drop it. It would make packaging new releases easier if there were
> > an optional Applied-Upstream field. Every patch that was applied
> > upstream can be dropped. "no" or "not-yet" would indicate that the patch
> > was not applied yet. If the patch was applied, it could contain the
> > revision (like "r4681") or a link to the VCS commit.
> >
> > What do you think about my suggestion?
>
> Why would the source (or VCS head) ever contain a patch that was
> applied upstream? The moment the patch gets applied you simply remove
> it.
Ever heard of branches ?
Mike
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