[Pkg-openmpi-maintainers] Using quilt as patch system

[Manuel Prinz]

Am Dienstag, den 22.04.2008, 21:36 -0500 schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel:
> Are you talking about the patch system we use via cdbs?

We do not use CDBS. But I'm talking about the patch system we use in
debain/rules to apply our patches to the upstream sources.

> Exactly what bothers you?

I find working with dpatch really hard to use. Updating patches is not
that easy, dpatch-edit-patch does not work as I expect it to work in
some cases. Quilt is more VCS-like, you just create a new patch, edit
your files, refresh and have your patch ready. With dpatch I always end
up with diffing files with their .orig copy. I guess that's not the way
it's supposed to be used but I just don't get it. But if you prefer to
use dpatch, we can stick to it. There's not that much to work on OpenMPI
ATM. I do not mind so much, and waybe I've just a dpatch learning
disability that I can overcome. ;)

Best regards
Manuel