[Mageia-dev] Putting meta-information in Mageia patches

Sat Feb 11 20:11:17 CET 2012

Am 11.02.2012 18:41, schrieb Olav Vitters:
+>
+> It provides the following standard headers (quoting):
+> - Description or Subject (required)
+> - Origin (required except if Author is present)
+> - Bug-<Vendor> or Bug (optional)
+> - Forwarded (optional)
+>   Any value other than "no" or "not-needed" means that the patch has
+>   been forwarded upstream. Ideally the value is an URL proving that it
+>   has been forwarded and where one can find more information about its
+>   inclusion status.
+> - Author or From (optional)
+> - Reviewed-by or Acked-by (optional)
+> - Last-Update (optional)
+> - Applied-Upstream (optional)
+>   This field can be used to document the fact that the patch has been
+>   applied upstream. It may contain the upstream version expected to
+>   contain this patch, or the URL or commit identifier of the upstream
+>   commit (with commit identifiers prefixed with "commit:", as in the
+>   Origin field), or both separated by a comma and a space.
+>
+>
+> This specification basically does everything that I need and more.
+>
+> Is some kind of patch-tracking or meta-information used in Mageia?
+One of our policies needs this partly, too:
+https://wiki.mageia.org/en/KDE4_packaging_policy#Patch_policy
+