Re: changes to Packages file
On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Vincent Renardias wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Christian Schwarz wrote:
>
> > On 27 Jul 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > >>"Christian" == Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > Christian> The following fields are suggested:
> > >
> > > Christian> Author: name and email of main upstream author (copyright
> > > Christian> holder)
> > > Christian> Original-Site: site/URL at which the package is originally
> > > Christian> stored
> > > Christian> Homepage: URL of the "upstream homepage"
> > >
> > > I like this, as long as all the field are multiline fields (like
> > > Description) so multiple authors, upstream sites, and homepages maybe
> > > accomodated.
> >
> > Yes, I plan this. I just played a bit with the control fields and
> > discovered that any field can be a "multi-line field". Just use the same
> > syntax as for "Description:" field: put one leading space in the first
> > column and put include `.' for empty lines.
>
> If we are to enhance the fields of the Packages file, I'd very much like a
> 'Date:' to be automagically added by dpkg-deb at build time, so we'll be
> able to track down orphaned packages, or find which packages have not been
> re-uploaded since the last full release.
Fine with me. However, I'd suggest to call this field `Build-Date:' or
something like that to make clear, which `date' we are referring to.
> However, I think we should be carefull not adding too many stuff in the
> Packages file, since it's already pretty big.
Right. But I think the proposed fields (currently 4 new) are fine.
Thanks,
Chris
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