Re: Re: Idea: embed patch in .info

On Saturday, July 12, 2003, at 09:18  PM, Max Horn wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 13.07.03 um 01:47 Uhr schrieb John Davidorff Pell:
> > It was mentioned soon after all this was suggested in the first 
> > place, by i don't know who, to do it like this: %n.info and 
> > %n-%v-%r.patch. basically only renaming the info file, not the 
> > patches. this is an obviously simple solution and will work just as 
> > well as previously and won't have any of the disadvantages that are 
> > being discussed now.
> That approach works nicely for me. What do others think?

You lose the key advantage of being able to make mass changes 
(scripted) that require a revision update, because
once the file revision and patch are out of sync fink can no longer 
find the patchfile. Honestly I do not see the problem of using the $Id 
$ tags in files and using -D with cvs commands to get a specific 
snapshot. This is meant to make things easier, not harder on us.

-chris zubrzycki
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