[pve-devel] [PATCH 1/1] initial ifupdown2 package

[Wolfgang Bumiller]

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 12:01:40PM +0200, Alexandre Derumier wrote:
> ---
>  Makefile                                           |  42 +++++
>  debian/changelog                                   | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  debian/compat                                      |   1 +
>  debian/control                                     |  31 ++++
>  debian/copyright                                   |  28 ++++
>  debian/ifupdown2.postinst                          |  86 ++++++++++
>  ...0001-start-networking-add-usr-bin-in-PATH.patch |  28 ++++
>  ...ns-scripts-fix-ENV-for-interfaces-options.patch |  29 ++++
>  debian/patches/0003-config-tuning.patch            |  52 ++++++
>  .../0004-manual-interfaces-set-link-up.patch       |  58 +++++++
>  ...e-tap-veth-fwpr-interfaces-from-bridge-on.patch |  27 ++++
>  ...6-netlink-IFLA_BRPORT_ARP_SUPPRESS-use-32.patch |  29 ++++
>  ...0007-add-dummy-mtu-bridgevlanport-modules.patch |  69 ++++++++
>  .../patches/0008-add-vxlan-physdev-support.patch   | 159 +++++++++++++++++++
>  debian/patches/series                              |   8 +
>  debian/rules                                       |  21 +++
>  16 files changed, 842 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Makefile
>  create mode 100644 debian/changelog
>  create mode 100644 debian/compat
>  create mode 100644 debian/control
>  create mode 100644 debian/copyright
>  create mode 100644 debian/ifupdown2.postinst
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0001-start-networking-add-usr-bin-in-PATH.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0002-addons-scripts-fix-ENV-for-interfaces-options.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0003-config-tuning.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0004-manual-interfaces-set-link-up.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0005-don-t-remove-tap-veth-fwpr-interfaces-from-bridge-on.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0006-netlink-IFLA_BRPORT_ARP_SUPPRESS-use-32.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0007-add-dummy-mtu-bridgevlanport-modules.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/0008-add-vxlan-physdev-support.patch
>  create mode 100644 debian/patches/series
>  create mode 100755 debian/rules
> (...)

Looks interesting, seems like you spent quite some time with this
already.

If we add this, a couple of things:

I'd like to have more info on patch 0007-add-dummy-..., probably best
to just write a more descriptive commit message there.

Note that we started using git submodules with mirrors of upstream git
repos for several packages by now, rather than having a `make download`
target producing a tarball. We could do that here as well. I think it's
more convenient, too.

As for the patch workflow, I see there are a bunch which are going
upstream and a bunch of pve-specific ones. Would be good to separate
them somehow. (I haven't been very consistent in that regard, though.
eg. in qemu we have a pve/ and an extra/ direcory, while in lxc we have
the pve patches directly in the patches dir and a fixes/ subdir).
One or the other might be nice to use. That way it's also more
convenient to (automatically) update patch files if you have your custom
changes as a branch in a git-clone.

PS: You don't need to use a cover letter for single-patch mails,
especially if it only copies the commit message, as it's already in the
patch itself anyway ;-)