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diff --git a/debian/patches/README.patches b/debian/patches/README.patches new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a804fe3 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/patches/README.patches @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Small intro to the system for numbering the patches here... + +-The 00xx-... patches are forwarded to upstream's git repository + +-The 0xx_... series of patches are patches isolated from the latest + version of the shadow Debian package not using quilt in order to + separate upstream from Debian-specific stuff. + + NO MORE PATCHES SHOULD BE ADDED IN THESE SERIES + +-The 4xx series are patches which have been applied to Debian's shadow + and have NOT been accepted and/or applied upstream. These patches MUST be kept + even after resynced with upstream + +-The 5xx series are patches which are applied to Debian's shadow + and will never be proposed upstream because they're too specific + This list SHOULD BE AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE + +In short, while we are working towards synchronisation with upstream, +our goal is to make 0xx patches disappear by moving them either to 3xx +series (things already implemented upstream) or to 4xx series +(Debian-specific patches). |