[blog] 01/01: 82: explain debrepatch/debpatch better

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commit 4843e5eb662d034b4cc75765e187d6e5d953ba6a
Author: Ximin Luo <infinity0 at debian.org>
Date:   Sun Nov 20 16:11:40 2016 +0100

    82: explain debrepatch/debpatch better
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 drafts/82.mdwn | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drafts/82.mdwn b/drafts/82.mdwn
index 765aff5..9867af9 100644
--- a/drafts/82.mdwn
+++ b/drafts/82.mdwn
@@ -89,13 +89,21 @@ debrebuild is new tool proposed by HW42 and josch (see [[!bug 774415]]: "From sr
 debrepatch development
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-Ximin Luo worked on making
-[debpatch](https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/reproducible/debrepatch.git/tree/debpatch)
-more "production-ready" and will soon try to have it included in devscripts.
-The plan is then to set up jobs to automatically apply old reproducibility
+Background:
+[debrepatch](https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/reproducible/debrepatch.git) is a
+set of scripts that we're currently developing, to make it easier to track
+unapplied patches. We have a lot of those, and we're not sure if they still
+work. The plan is to set up jobs to automatically apply old reproducibility
 patches to newer versions of packages, and notify the right people if they
 don't apply and/or no longer make the package reproducible.
 
+[debpatch](https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/reproducible/debrepatch.git/tree/debpatch)
+is a component of debrepatch that applies debdiffs to Debian source packages.
+In other words, it is to `debdiff(1)` what `patch(1)` is to `diff(1)`. It is a
+general tool which is not specific to Reproducible Builds. This week, Ximin Luo
+worked on making it more "production-ready" and will soon submit it for
+inclusion in [devscripts](https://packages.debian.org/sid/devscripts).
+
 
 reprotest development
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