[Mageia-dev] Importing RPM Spec File Syntax

Sat Jan 15 11:24:52 CET 2011

Le 15/01/2011 11:08, Remy CLOUARD a écrit :
+> Here’s a proposal:
+> Patches must be named in a very explicit manner to make it very clear to
+> what version it was originally applied. To that end, a patch needs to
+> follow the convention of
+> [package_name]-[version]-[description].patch:
+> 
+>   * [package_name] is the name of the package it applies against, such
+>   as 'shadow-utils' or 'gnupg'
+>   * [version] is the version of the program this patch was developed
+>   against, such as 1.0. The name of the patch should not change, even
+>   when it is rediffed, because the version allow to see in a blink since
+>   when this patch has been there. If you happen to see a patch that does
+>   not apply anymore, and rediff it, ask the package maintainer if it has
+>   been sent upstream, and why it hasn’t been merged, and send it
+>   upstream if you think it should be merged.
+>   * [description] is a short description of the patch's purpose.
+> 
+> Example: foo-1.0-fix-str-fmt.patch for a patch that fixes string format
+> errors
+> 
+I'm okay for naming patches as you say. It's clean and clear, we
+understand well what a mistake they correspond.
+
+-- 
+Sandro Cazzaniga
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+