Bug#543541: RFH: quilt -- Tool to work with series of patches
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 07:45:43PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
>
> The quilt package needs supplementary maintainers in order to be well
> maintained. The main maintainer Martin Quinson has not enough time
> to do all the required work. Simon Horman is co-maintainer but I haven't
> seen him doing anything on the package (and the last mention in changelog
> dates back to Apr 2007), Simon shall we remove you from the Uploaders?
Yes, please do.
> I am the third maitainer listed in Uploaders but I joined only to
> work on the integration with new source package formats (and with build
> system in general) and would like to see the package in a better shape but
> I don't have the time/will to do all the usual work.
>
> There is lots of work to do:
> - update all the patches for the new upstream version (and we have 22
> patches)
> Martin Quinson started this work but he has not yet pushed his work
> in a public branch, hopefully that mail will remind him to do it
> - document all the patches and submit them upstream even if they have been
> not very receptive to some of them a few years ago (in particular the
> rewrite of backup-files in shell apparently)
> - go through open bug reports and forward them upstream as well
>
> The package is currently maintained in git. If you have any question,
> please ask.
>
>
> The package description is:
> Quilt manages a series of patches by keeping track of the changes
> each of them makes. They are logically organized as a stack, and you can
> apply, un-apply, refresh them easily by traveling into the stack (push/pop).
> .
> Quilt is good for managing additional patches applied to a package received
> as a tarball or maintained in another version control system. The stacked
> organization is proven to be efficient for the management of very large patch
> sets (more than hundred patches). As matter of fact, it was designed by and
> for Linux kernel hackers (Andrew Morton, from the -mm branch, is the
> original author), and its main use by the current upstream maintainer is to
> manage the (hundreds of) patches against the kernel made for the SUSE
> distribution.
> .
> This package provides seamless integration into Debhelper or CDBS,
> allowing maintainers to easily add a quilt-based patch management system in
> their packages. The package also provides some basic support for those not
> using those tools. See README.Debian for more information.
>
> --
> Raphaël Hertzog
>
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