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Re: Using 3.0 (quilt) format



On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 04:19:23PM +0400, torkvemada@nigma.ru wrote:
> 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?

It is really unsupported. It was (or even is) planned to have 3.0
packages in the next release but the Debian archive software (dak)
doesn't support those yet. Your package will be rejected with or without
lintian override.

Hauke

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