[Bug 548522] Review Request: autotest-client - Autotest is a framework for fully automated testing

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--- Comment #2 from James Laska <jlaska at redhat.com>  2010-01-06 12:40:17 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Why all the hassle with git patches? What's wrong with find and chmod?

The initial packaging work was done by Jesse Keating.  Git is being used during
the build as it is easier for the packager to manage keeping the local patch
set in sync and in a format acceptable for submission upstream.

> Are the patches sent upstream?  

Patch1: 0001-Change-usr-local-to-usr-share-where-necessary.patch

This patch is specific to where Fedora prefers package content to live. 
Upstream currently uses /usr/local/autotest, and it was determined that
/usr/share/autotest was a more appropriate place for Fedora.  Understandably,
there isn't interest in taking this patch upstream.

Patch2: 0002-Set-file-permissions-appropriately.patch
Patch3: 0003-Don-t-hardcode-python2.4.patch

These patches are already fixed upstream, but not in the current 0.11.0 release
of autotest.  They will however be included in upstream 0.11.1 and future
releases.

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