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Re: Are two Vcs-{Git|Svn|...} and Vcs-Browser fields sensible?



Andreas Tille:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 02:21:06PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>>
>> Right. So something like...
>>
>> debian/control:
>> Vcs-Git: ${vcs:repo}
>> Vcs-Browser: ${vcs:browser}
>>
>> debian/vcs:
>> Vcs-Type: Git
>> Vcs-Host: Debian
>> Vcs-Path: <team>/<repo>
>>
>> debian/rules:
>> override_dh_gencontrol:
>> 	dh_your_new_magic_vcs_script
>> 	dh_gencontrol
>>
>> [...]
> 
> I like this constructive contribution which really fits the intention of
> my initial mail.  Probably that's the easiest one to implement without
> touching main infrastructure.  Seems we are just lacking a volunteer for
> implementation.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>        Andreas. 
> 

I appreciate this idea and effort.  Unfortunately, this is the type of
information we want in the *source* package (at least AFAICT), and to my
knowledge you cannot use substitution variables in those.

Thanks,
~Niels





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