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Re: Managing long patch series
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Jim Blandy <jimb at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:56:34 -0400
- Subject: Re: Managing long patch series
- References: <m3d4v1d815.fsf@codesourcery.com>
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:51:02AM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
> I've tried using quilt, but if one doesn't keep very careful track of
> what's going on things can get very tangled. The Emacs mode helped
> somewhat, but had other flaws, so I set it aside.
I usually do it with quilt plus the emacs mode now. What flaws? The
only one I've noticed as a real inconvenience is trouble adding new
files, but a talented Lisp hacker could probably fix it in moments.
It's still mildly error prone, but popping everything and doing cvs
diff is good at turning up anything I've missed.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery