Re: [RFH] Implementing "Homepage:" field support in lintian/linda
On 9/22/07, Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
> Could some knowledgeable people propose some possible patches? I can
> coordinate that stuff, but proposing patches is better left to Those
> Who Know...
I offered to update the lintian patch I submitted years ago for
checking for a proper Homepage psuedo-field to a check for the new
Homepage field, Russ said policy/devref should be updated first.
Personally, I think updating everything at the same time is the right
order. Anyways, I'll work on the patch so it is ready for when lintian
will accept it.
Also: I think a debtags-like system (stored/maintained separately to
the packages and merged into the Sources/Packages files behind the
scenes) is more appropriate for homepages, since they can change
independently from a package and also it doesn't take much skill to
add them, so an army of users could add homepages to all those
packages that the maintainer won't be uploading just to add a homepage
or where the maintainer won't bother to add one.
--
bye,
pabs
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