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Re: A proposal of a consistent set of clear rules and guidelines involvi
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Philip McGrath |
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Re: A proposal of a consistent set of clear rules and guidelines involving snippets, phases and patches. |
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Thu, 04 Aug 2022 23:23:06 -0400 |
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On Sun, Jul 24, 2022, at 11:17 PM, Maxime Devos wrote:
> * Patches must not be used to remove non-free files, because a patch by
> construction contains the non-free file itself so the patch would be
> non-free, which would not be acceptable to Guix. Likewise, patches should not
> be used to remove bundled libraries, to avoid large space usage, but this is
> not an absolute rule unlike as for non-free files.
It is possible to create patches that do not contain the deleted file, e.g.
with `git format-patch --irreversible-delete`. That said, I don't know if the
version of `patch` we use to patch origins is able to apply such patches—but
maybe it would be a useful feature?
-Philip