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Re: Using 3.0 (quilt) format



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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