Bug#575059: Should Package-Type be included in udebs or not?
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> > I would suggest to fix lintian to accept all variants just like
> > dpkg-gencontrol/dpkg-genchanges do and just like debhelper does.
>
> So does dpkg-dev now discard Package-Type for udebs? Or not?
No, it does not. Guillem wants to keep it, d-i team wants to discard it.
> AFAICT, that seems to be the key issue behind keeping XC-Package-Type
> and why the lintian warning was used in the first place. [I suppose an
> alternative would be a lintian warning which noted the presence of
> Package-Type: in the udeb itself instead of looking at the source
> package's debian/control, which would allow this transition.]
I know this is the key issue, that's why the subject of the request is the
only question "Should Package-Type be included in udebs or not?". There
are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches, they have been listed
in the bug report that I linked and I'm asking the committee to weigh
those advantages/drawbacks and to make a decision for us.
Cheers,
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