On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 01:30:12PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 12:50:44AM +0100, Roland Illig wrote: > > 3. Group functional changes into one patch file: > > Absolutely rejected. This is a nightmare for maintainance. I disagree, having designed and used a packaging system which used this infrastructure. It works very well, is kind to the SCM, and is efficient to the point of brevity. You'll need to provide a better proof than vigorous assertion. Regards, Alistair PS. I'd prefer to see the patch file names have the patched file name embedded, for new patches, but that's another matter.