Re: Disabling the patch system from packages
On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 11:09 +0300, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
>
> I'd like to kindly ask not to disable the patch system from a package
> when it no longer has any patches. It's not too uncommon for Ubuntu to add
> patches when trying to stabilize after feature-freeze, and while it's not
> hard to make the package use quilt again, it's still an extra step to take
> care of. Besides, it doesn't add much to the build time.
>
> Thoughts?
I think disabling the patch system also makes life harder for the
security team.
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