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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml index fc5ba7c..b2fa57f 100644 --- a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml @@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ of thumb could be used as a guideline: <li> adding a patch to fix a build-time issue that prevented users from building the package (since it does not affect users who already - managed to build it), + managed to build it) unless: it affected runtime behaviour in some way + (e.g. <c>-Wformat</c> or <c>-Wimplicit-function-declaration</c> fixes); + the package may have been miscompiled, or the change is substantial + (if adding a huge patch to fix a problem, the chances of an unexpected + issue being introduced by it are larger). </li> <li>adding a trivial documentation fix,</li> <li> |