Re: Some questions about patching source
> The plan I have come up with is to put all the files it needs into a
> debian/patches directory, and alter the Makefile accordingly. This
> works just fine, although it makes the resulting .diff about twice the
> size of the original source code, and it means it need to be redone
> every time there is a new xscreensaver revision. Does anyone have any
> experience with this sort of thing, and have suggestions for automating
> this process, or dealing with it differently?
I usually like to have such piece to be included in the main thing.
In this case, probably the lowest load will be to include that
screensaver in the main screensaver package..
regards,
junichi
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