[gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/

["Sam James" <sam@gentoo.org>]

commit:     2b94b64306230dc3595150c5bba87ec0763d93a3
Author:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov  8 04:31:16 2022 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Nov 10 07:17:02 2022 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=2b94b643

general-concepts/ebuild-revisions: note which build-time fixes need a new revision

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org>

 general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
index fc5ba7c..b2fa57f 100644
--- a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
+++ b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ of thumb could be used as a guideline:
   <li>
     adding a patch to fix a build-time issue that prevented users from
     building the package (since it does not affect users who already
-    managed to build it),
+    managed to build it) unless: it affected runtime behaviour in some way
+    (e.g. <c>-Wformat</c> or <c>-Wimplicit-function-declaration</c> fixes);
+    the package may have been miscompiled, or the change is substantial
+    (if adding a huge patch to fix a problem, the chances of an unexpected
+    issue being introduced by it are larger).
   </li>
   <li>adding a trivial documentation fix,</li>
   <li>