From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: "Leo Famulari" <leo@famulari.name>,
"Léo Le Bouter" <lle-bout@zaclys.net>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Generate diff with git-diff and use in patches field of packages
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:55:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <867dmedhby.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YEj9Qtwiw/8oETbP@jasmine.lan>
On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 at 12:09, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
> However, I think it's more reliable to include the patches in Guix
> itself, and a lot easier for other packagers — including from other
> distros — to read them. I often look at what other distros have done
> when deciding how to fix things in Guix, and it's helpful when they
> don't make things too obscure.
In addition, I think it makes easier for long term support. The source
should be archived in Software Heritage–work-in-progress. If the
patches are not in the Guix repo, where are they if upstream disappears?
Cheers,
simon
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-10 3:11 Generate diff with git-diff and use in patches field of packages Léo Le Bouter
2021-03-10 13:42 ` zimoun
2021-03-10 17:09 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-10 17:49 ` zimoun
2021-03-10 18:06 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-10 18:42 ` zimoun
2021-03-10 17:09 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-10 17:55 ` zimoun [this message]
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