Bug#794080: #794080 tasksel: think about the future of the XBC-Maintainer fields
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Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote (Sun, 15 Dec 2024 03:03:38 +0100):
> Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> (2024-12-14):
> > Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> wrote (Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:47:20 +0100):
> > > I think that would be super confusing and cannot recommend it. History
> > > has `X[CBS]-Foo` become `Foo` over time (see `XC-Package-Type` that is
> > > now `Package-Type`). I would recommend a different name just as Ubuntu
> > > invented `XCBS-Original-Maintainer`.
> > >
> > > Perhaps just have `X-Task-Maintainer` instead. It should do the trick
> > > and avoid any confusion with the real `Maintainer` field that ends up in
> > > `DEBIAN/control` and the `.changes` file.
> >
> > Yes, that looks good to me indeed.
>
> Looks like a very good idea, yes; thanks, Niels!
I pushed that yesterday.
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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