Re: New Packager question again: can you point me to a not flawed package?
On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:29:42 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
<eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> said:
> It is certainly preferable to use a patch system such as dpatch or
> quilt to register Debian-specific changes.
In your o0inion, you mean. It certainly is not in my opinion.
> However, it is not mandatory to do that, and it's unlikely to change
> in the future.
This I agree with.
> So I'd recommend that you do use the patch system in the packages you
> create. You can't go wrong doing that.
> As for those who don't, they probably have their reasons. Sometimes a
> patch system is an overkill, and it's OK to make the changes directly
I find a patch system is wrong headed, not flexible or powerful
enough, gets in the way of development, and does not fit the way I
work (it is painful, in fact).
But that is my opinion. Other people would find my work-flow
painful, and that is their privilege.
> in the .diff.gz that constitutes the source package. In some cases it
> could be the case that a patch system would make the package better to
> manage, but there isn't much that can be done except for contacting
> the maintainer and offering help to convert to a patch system --- with
> no guarantees that he will accept.
I will resoundingly reject these changes.
manoj
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You two ought to be more careful--your love could drag on for years and
years.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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