Re: Generate diff with git-diff and use in patches field of packages

[zimoun]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 at 12:09, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:

> However, I think it's more reliable to include the patches in Guix
> itself, and a lot easier for other packagers — including from other
> distros — to read them. I often look at what other distros have done
> when deciding how to fix things in Guix, and it's helpful when they
> don't make things too obscure.

In addition, I think it makes easier for long term support.  The source
should be archived in Software Heritage–work-in-progress.  If the
patches are not in the Guix repo, where are they if upstream disappears?


Cheers,
simon