debian/commit-templates/sauce-patch

   1 # Ubuntu commit template.
   2 #
   3 # NOTE: This gets reformatted for debian/changelog
   4 #
   5 #
   6 # SAUCE refers to the fact that this patch might not go upstream, but we need to
   7 # carry it to successive releases. In most cases you DONOT want to use this
   8 # template.
   9 #
  10 # An example of a SAUCE patch is the ACPI DSDT-in-initramfs patch which has been
  11 # refused upstream, but still provides useful functionality to users with broken
  12 # BIOSes.
  13 #
  14 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  15 #
  16 # The initial UBUNTU is a flag that this is an Ubuntu commit. It will be
  17 # referenced to the Author in the debian/changelog entry.
  18 #
  19 # The text following is the short message that will be placed in the
  20 # changelog. Extra text on the following lines will be ignored, but left
  21 # in the git commit. Lines with # will be ignored in the commit.
  22 #
  23 # OriginalAuthor allows for alternate attribution.
  24 #
  25 # OriginalLocation allows for a URL or description of where the patch came
  26 # from.
  27 #
  28 # BugLink is a URL to a Malone bug.
  29 #
  30 # Ignore: yes will keep this commit from showing up in the changelog.
  31 #
  32 UBUNTU: SAUCE:
  33
  34 <Why is this patch not going upstream?>
  35
  36 # OriginalAuthor:
  37 # OriginalLocation:
  38 # BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/<enter bug# here>
  39 # Ignore: yes
  40 # Other text below here.