Re: Mandatory README.source for rust packages ?

[Jeremy Bícha <jeremy.bicha@canonical.com>]

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM Matthias Geiger <werdahias@riseup.net> wrote:
> I'd like to adopt a mandatory README.source for rust packages. This
> details how d/control should be updated automatically with
> debcargo. I attached my draft. Let me know if you have any
> thoughts/comments/critique. If no-one objects I'll add it to every rust
> gnome app so future updates can happen more streamlined.
> In my experience updating it like that saves a lot of time for new
> upstream releases.

Yes, you can add debian/README.source to packages.

Is it possible to simplify the version number so instead of this:
 librust-uuid-1+v4-dev (>= 1.10-~~)
it looks like this:
 librust-uuid-1+v4-dev (>= 1.10)

That example is from the debian/control for the fragments Debian package.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha