[Python-Dev] View tracker patches with ViewVC?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> On my windows box I have maintainance versions for 2.6, 2.7, 3.1 and 3.2
> plus tortoisesvn.  Download the patch file, right click, select
> tortoisesvn then apply patch. Go to the version I'm interested in.
> Double click to select the unit test file to start things off. If I'm
> lucky get a coloured output in parallel highlighting removals, additions
> and conflicts.  If I'm unlucky, get the message "The patch seems
> outdated".  Is this what you're asking for?  Can this be (simply)
> implemented on the issue tracker?  What do *nix or OS X users do?

Automatically checking whether a patch still applies? That could
certainly be implemented, although it might be expensive in terms
of CPU time. Anything more frequent than daily runs is likely not
feasible.

In addition, it might be tricky to determine what branches a patch is
meant to apply to. It would be nice if the patch author gets notified
when a patch becomes stale, but that would require to be certain what
branches a patch is targetted for.

In any case: contributions are welcome.

Regards,
Martin