Re: Bug#609160: DEP5: CANDIDATE and ready for use in squeeze+1
Le Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:38:12PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit :
>
> Well, I was assuming that DEP5 was going to become an "associated text"
> under policy §5.6.11 and, as such, subject to Standards-Version. That
> would bring IMHO various benefits such as: 1) the possibility of
> dropping Format:, 2) have a lintian check that doesn't need to preserve
> yet another version-format mapping; 3) documentation of format changes
> into upgrade-checklist.
Note that there is at least one other control data file that has a Format field
whose version is independant of the Policy's version number, the Debian changes
files: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Format
There is another reason why I would not support an alignment on the Policy's
version number: from the begining we promised that DEP-5 was not an attempt to
modify the Policy. Even if it did not make a practical consequence, I think
that it would be appropriate to not go further than shipping the DEP and the
Policy in the same package. If in a second and separate step there is a
consensus for merging, I would be very pleased, but I really think that it
should be after a large number of packages use the DEP, and after parsers
produce data of which the benefits are widely recognised.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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