[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#760273: Bug#760273: gnupg.info: typo: Ceation -> Creation

[Eric Dorland]

* Daniel Kahn Gillmor (dkg at fifthhorseman.net) wrote:
> On 09/03/2014 01:12 PM, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> > I'm not strongly opposed, but the case cited really doesn't seem worth it:
> > one missing letter in a info page.
> 
> i agree, and i don't think i would have even filed a bug about it :)
> 
> But the debian bug exists, and it seemed easier to me to just patch it
> and mark it as pending so that it's resolved in the next debian package
> whether there's an upstream release or not -- and not have to wade
> through the open bugs to find this one to close it when there *is* a new
> upstream release.
> 
> i certainly wouldn't roll a new release for this bug on its own, of course.
> 
> > For real bugs, I'm more inclined indeed apply the fix in Debian if the
> > chance is indeed high that upstream will accept the fix. Not so much if
> > upstream is unlikely to accept the fix.
> 
> yep, i'd much rather pull patches directly from upstream's git tree when
> possible (as i've done for #760392).
> 
> Do other folks have a preference about how to do this as a team?

+1 to dkg's approach, though we should reexamine if we're carrying 50
patches.


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Eric Dorland <eric at kuroneko.ca>
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