Bug#85270: PROPOSAL] Forbiding debian-revision field for Debian-native source packages
Previously Henrique M Holschuh wrote:
> Should debian-native *source* packages (.tar.gz + .dsc) be forbidden to
> include a debian revision field, the problem would be detectable, and both
> lintian and katie (dinstall) could be made to flag such uploads as improper.
FWIW, if this change gets accepted all my currently Debian native package
will suddenly no longer become Debian native and get an empty diff file.
I think trying to encode Debian nativeness in the version number is
trying to put information in there that it is not supposed to handle,
and needlessly complicated.
Wichert.
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