From cbd5b47231d5327f4fb067581e483ba8b8b4689a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Quinson Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 15:25:00 +0000 Subject: Rewrite the package description --- debian/control | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file 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. -- cgit