Kernel Recipes 2014 - Quilt, a patch management tool
Channel: Kernel Recipes
Date: 2014-10-10

A presentation of the quilt patch management tool, including use cases (SUSE kernel, OBS) and practical usability tips.

Quick presentation of what quilt is, what it can be used for, its most useful commands and what they do
3 typical use cases, step by step
Package version update in OBS
Patch review as an upstream maintainer
Adding a patch to the SUSE kernel
Quilt vs Git discussion
Known caveats and how to work around them
Cool tips: how to get the better of quilt
Q&A