On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 04:19:23PM +0400, torkvemada@nigma.ru wrote: > Hello all. > > I've just realized that I don't understand current status of 3.0 format source packages in Debian. > I've made a number of 3.0 (quilt) packages, since I've found description of this format somewhen and it looked very useful. But lintian marks it as an error: > > E: qutim source: unsupported-source-format 3.0 (quilt) > N: > N: This package uses a different source package format than 1.0. At > N: present, only Format: 1.0 packages are permitted by the Debian archive > N: software. Newer package formats are supported by dpkg, but they should > N: not yet be used for upload to Debian. > > So, is it really unsupported in the Debian at the moment? And is there > any information about when it'll be available? Or may be I just should > add an lintian override? > The lintian error is correct. Only 1.0 format is accepted by the debian archive. We don't have any information about when we will be accepting other formats. stew
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