Bugs with patches attached

[Hanno Stock]

Hi!

James Westby schrieb:
> I would love to take any patch that you have and get it uploaded. If
> you have the time to write a patch then please do so and assign the
> bug to me and I'll take a look.
> 
> Although I'm happy to do it, I don't think we're in the position
> currently to have something like a debdiff service when you can
> write a patch and pass it on to this group. 

Actually - why not have a team that deals with this? People could
subscribe a bug with a patch to some kind of "patch-sponsors" team and a
member of the team would then create a debdiff and subscribe
universe-sponsors or any other appropriate team.
Actually this could be a good place for non-MOTUs (like me) to
contribute and maybe show their packaging skills.

The benefit would be that one could have some kind of procedure to
follow, similar to the other sponsoring queues, but with less requirements.

For example: It might be to much of a requirement for a patch author to
know how to create a debdiff, but maybe one could ask that some
mandatory information of how to apply the patch and against what
version, etc. is provided before subscribing "patch-sponsors".
(i.E. is the patch against the debianized version or against the clean
source, etc.)

Also triagers could subscribe "patch-sponsors" if they think all
necessary information is provided.

The problem with the current system of just searching for bugs with
"patch attached" is that often the patches are outdated, abandoned, etc.
I don't have much spare time at the moment and therefore searching
through these lists is a tedious task.
On the other hand, I have most of the packaging tools set up and in some
cases can come up with a debdiff quite quickly. So if I get patches from
authors willing to collaborate delivered to my inbox (via such a team
subscription for example), I'm happy to jump in and help.

Just my 2 cents.

Hanno