Re: [Quilt-dev] Default header for new patches

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Rene,

On Thu, 2023-08-10 at 16:34 +0200, Rene Kita wrote:
> When I create a new patch with quilt I usually want to add some
> header, e.g. a From: line and a Date:. From the docs I found no way
> to this.
> 
> After getting tired of doing it manually (or forgetting it) I wrote a
> small hacky patch the creates the header I need. I would like to
> avoid to carry my own patch for this.

Where's the patch? ;-)

> Can this be done with quilt?

This could be, yes.

> Do others have the same problem?

There's probably a need for such a feature indeed. For example I see
such a request here:

https://www.mail-archive.com/quilt-dev@nongnu.org/msg02600.html

> Would upstream be willing to add such a feature?

Assuming the implementation is clean, yes.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support