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Bug#543541: RFH: quilt -- Tool to work with series of patches



Hi,

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?
> 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.
> 

I'm willing to help.

> 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)

I'm guessing these two should wait for Martin.

> - go through open bug reports and forward them upstream as well
> 

okay, will look at them.

Cheers,
Ryan

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