Re: Another take on package relationship substvars

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Niels" == Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> writes:

    Niels> # The proposal

    Niels> I think our package helper tooling should just automatically
    Niels> aggregate all provided substvars of the format ${*:Depends}
    Niels> and append it the Depends field. Rinse and repeat for other
    Niels> relationship fields.

    Niels> The list of fields where this is applied would be curated, so
    Niels> it only applies to known relationship fields where we feel it
    Niels> makes sense. My starting list would be:

    Niels>   * Any dependency field, that is: Pre-Depends, Depends,
    Niels> Recommends, and Suggests

    Niels>   * The Provides field.

I think you should explicitly mention Enhances, and suggest that it be
included even though I am unaware of uses.  I'd be fine though with
saying Enhances is not currently included.


I think this proposal makes a lot of sense.