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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Policy on conditional patching
From:       Sam James <sam () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2022-03-29 3:43:45
Message-ID: CC3492F3-20E9-4674-B1D7-E8F76A8D8353 () gentoo ! org
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> On 29 Mar 2022, at 04:43, Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 28 Mar 2022, at 12:05, Thomas Bracht Laumann Jespersen <t@laumann.xyz> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I've been working on a new section in the devmanual regarding conditional
>> patching. In a PR [0] Sam suggested adding a section to clarify that conditional
>> patching should be avoided, because it can quickly become a maintenance and
>> testing burden.
>> 

... and just to be clear, I'm not suggesting we ban it. Just discourage it so that
people are aware it should be avoided where possible.

Best,
sam

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