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List:       rpmorg-maint
Subject:    [Rpm-maint] [Suse patch] Support for patch rpms
From:       mls () suse ! de (Michael Schroeder)
Date:       2007-05-29 10:10:48
Message-ID: 20070529101048.GB5099 () suse ! de
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On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 10:45:02AM +0300, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> 
> A large, very non-trivial patch - not really 4.4.2.1 material. And like 
> the patch commentary already says, delta rpm's are a much nicer way to 
> deal with the issue. My understanding is that Suse is abandoning patch 
> rpms in favor of delta rpms, so patch rpm support is really only needed 
> for already released products. So we could essentially just forget about 
> this... or am I mistaken?

No, you're correct. Don't apply the patch, delta rpms are a much
saner approach.

Cheers,
  Michael.

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Michael Schroeder                                   mls at suse.de
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