Patches vs. Packages

[Tim Nelson]

	Hi all.  My system doesn't have to deal with patches (being a 
Linux system and all), but I was wondering if it would be effective to 
treat patches as a type of package.

Common features (guessing here):
-       Install, Upgrade, Remove, and Checkversion are the main actions
-       Both have dependencies
-

	Would it be reasonable to treat patches as a case of packages? 
Can I have some input from someone who knows about patches?  (Chip? :) ).

        :)

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