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[bug#27683] [PATCH] gnu: libjaylink: Update to 699b700. openocd: Update


From: Marius Bakke
Subject: [bug#27683] [PATCH] gnu: libjaylink: Update to 699b700. openocd: Update to 0.10.0
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:52:53 +0200
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Theodoros Foradis <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello Leo,
>
>> Overall the changes look good to me, but can you clarify if they need to
>> be applied in the same commit like this?
>
> I remember reading somewhere (irc or mailing list probably), that a
> package should not break between commits (to be able to bisect). That
> would be the case with openocd, if libjaylink is updated before openocd.
>
> If this concern is not valid, I can split the commit in two and resubmit
> the patches.

There are certain cases where updating together make a lot of sense,
such as the gstreamer- or qt-family packages. But for mostly-unrelated
programs it's better to have the patches in bite-sized chunks.

I agree that they should be updated separately. We often break packages
in commits, wittingly or not ;-)

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