From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Nieder Subject: [fyi] patches used by git distributors Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 03:02:51 -0600 Message-ID: <20111108090251.GB17954@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Nov 08 10:03:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RNhaE-0002vb-W8 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:03:07 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751277Ab1KHJDB convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:03:01 -0500 Received: from mail-gx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:56225 "EHLO mail-gx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750710Ab1KHJC4 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:02:56 -0500 Received: by ggnb2 with SMTP id b2so314892ggn.19 for ; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:02:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:user-agent; bh=ZIWkvhHak90kymUzWg9EwopRnMAfelMOXgcTaCkSACw=; b=COLzHZo3ZwIHGFNIRlEnFqalG9mKq6Cd6IhC1inn4G+BGtppnQss58iFK5EuGvXy8a aXftRUjNdq/EftLkOFspq2qvQ8Hc3hKoT2SagdCQ7OQy8Fbk7Kc+3ry8yG4HqWPz0EaN WtDba4KkkcgmHQfNWaCjZPC3K4lq5fMuZADqU= Received: by 10.236.197.72 with SMTP id s48mr40807757yhn.81.1320742976135; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:02:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net (c-24-1-56-9.hsd1.il.comcast.net. [24.1.56.9]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k20sm2591808ann.15.2011.11.08.01.02.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:02:55 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21+46 (b01d63af6fea) (2011-07-01) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, In an ideal world, each patch applied by downstream distributors would fall into one of two categories: (a) adapting the package to some esoteric distro-specific requirement (i.e., special-interest patches) or (b) in the process of being generalized and reviewed for eventual application upstream, so everyone can benefit from it. Unfortunately that takes time. I should do better --- sorry about that. As an experiment, here's a quick summary of the patches being used in Debian, for people curious about that and for people interested in grabbing useful patches to polish and not knowing where to start. (Links point to relevant discussion, not necessarily the patch used): =46r=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Bri=C3=A8re (1): gitk: Skip over AUTHOR/COMMIT_DATE when searching all fields [1] Gerrit Pape (1): bug#506445: hooks/post-receive-email: set encoding to utf-8 [2] Jonathan Nieder (12): remove shebang line from shell libraries [3] pre-rebase hook: capture documentation in a <