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author | Martin Quinson <mquinson@debian.org> | 2003-06-30 15:25:00 +0000 |
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committer | Martin Quinson <mquinson@debian.org> | 2003-06-30 15:25:00 +0000 |
commit | cbd5b47231d5327f4fb067581e483ba8b8b4689a (patch) | |
tree | dba50c7ba048cfefa7dc53e5d5b21f2b2d60f7c1 | |
parent | da0e9cbec14048c9f901cd7c33326902ee893130 (diff) | |
download | quilt-cbd5b47231d5327f4fb067581e483ba8b8b4689a.tar.gz |
Rewrite the package description
-rw-r--r-- | debian/control | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index f3e1e55..2c94f37 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ Architecture: any Depends: patch, diffstat, bzip2, gettext Suggests: ccache Description: Scripts for working with series of patches - The scripts allow to manage a series of patches by keeping - track of the changes each patch makes. Patches can be - applied, un-applied, refreshed, etc. - . - The scripts are heavily based on Andrew Morton's patch scripts - found at http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/ - . - The key philosophical concept is that your primary output is patches. + + The scripts allow to manage a series of patches by keeping track of the + changes each patch makes. Patches can be applied, un-applied, refreshed, + etc. The key philosophical concept is that your primary output is patches. Not ".c" files, not ".h" files. But patches. So patches are the first-class object here. - + . + This package also provide some basic support to build debian package and + handling the diffs with quilt. + . + These scripts are based on Andrew Morton's patch scripts posted a while ago + on the linux-kernel mailing-list, but were heavily modified since then. |