Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package, 3rd try)
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 07:35:07PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 19:12, Nanakos Chrysostomos
> <nanakos@wired-net.gr> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:26:39PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> >> Also, why do you split the -K change in a different patch for each
> >> modified files? patches can modify several files and still be a single
> >> file, with the advantage and being the only place to look in case a
> >> change has to be done.
> >
> > Another DD has told me in the past that I had to split my patches in order for him
> > to accept my package and I should always work in that way for my packages to be accepted.
>
> Well, I don't know if it was just a matter of personal taste of that
> DD, but it's not a requirement. You should provide a single patch for
> a single change, but it's not restricting the patch to touch only one
> file. So, in the example of -K, if the addition of it modifies 5
> files, it's perfectly fine (and it is *the* standard way) to provide a
> single patch with all the diffs in it.
I had the same perception as you on the issue but as I said before I had been told
to follow these instructions. Anyway, your help from now on is precious because I can
handle in a much better way future patches and versions of my packages.
Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
> My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/
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