[Desktop13.04-Topic] Reduce patch burden

[Micah Gersten]

On 10/16/2012 06:13 AM, Iain Lane wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A lot of our packages are patched over upstream. Each of these comes
> with a maintenance cost and is also a source of bugs and frustration
> (quilt patches aren't the easiest things in the world to work with).
>
> I think we should systematically look at our patches and re-evaluate for
> each one
>
>   - Whether it is really (still) necessary — if not, drop
>   - If we can forward upstream if not already or if we can help
>     its upstream inclusion along
>   - Who is going to maintain the patch in the distro if it needs to be
>     kept as a local patch — desktop, PS, …
>
> It would be good if we could use something like DEP5 headers for all
> patches, including adding them to existing patches. It's sometimes
> really quite difficult to figure out what a particular patch is for,
> whether it is upstream and so on.
>
> Cheers,
>
I think you mean DEP3 [1].

Thanks,
Micah

[1] http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/