Requirements of a VCS packaging tool

[Jesse Keating]

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 18:49 +0100, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> I think there is a point missing here:
> 
>  * Importing patches from other distros 
> 
> If this was easier, I think sharing patches across distros could be more
> common. More specifically, it could help the cooperation between Debian
> and Ubuntu.

And for that to work, the patches really need to be applied in part to a
pristine source.  Some of the problem is that Ubuntu is so far into
patch land that pulling a discrete fix out is nearly impossible.  Also,
diffs of diffs are an abomination (:

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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