Re: cov.m patch

[Rik]

On 03/12/2012 10:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:35:20 -0400
> From: Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
> To: Octave Maintainers List <address@hidden>
> Cc: Ismael N??ez-Riboni <address@hidden>
> Subject: Patching cov.m on current stable
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> I'm wondering what to do about Ismael's cov.m patch... Ismael patched
> relative to 3.4.3... but I'm not sure if his patch is "serious" enough
> for stable. I merged it from 3.4.3 to 3.6.2, but I'm not sure if this
> really is a patch that should go on stable or if I should rebase it to
> default. I could also merge directly from 3.4.3 to default, but this
> leaves two heads on stable, and I think this might confuse other
> people.
>
> What I have right now is the patch on 3.4.3, merged into 3.6.2
> (current stable tip) and then merged again into default. AIUI, we're
> only patching regressions and serious bugs in stable. Is this bug
> serious enough? If not, I'll rebase, but I prefer to preserve the
> integrity of people's patches and actually put people's names next to
> the change they actually made, including the revision relative to
> which they patched.
Can you point to a location to review the patch and a description of what
it is fixing?

--Rik