Bug#268777: marked as done (debian-policy: the underground "url" field in package descriptions)
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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
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Subject: debian-policy: the underground "url" field in package descriptions
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.1
Severity: wishlist
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt.gz doesn't mention any "url"
field. Nonetheless,
$ grep-available -F url . -s url|wc -l
25 packages use it!
Indeed, it is even "url" and not "Url", capitalized like the other
fields, showing its wetback nature.
So it should either be documented, or those packages should stop using
it.
P.S., using -s Url makes it look good, which is a grep-dctrl bug, so
be sure to use -s url... (which forces lowercase which is a bug too.)
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Subject: Re: Bug#268777: debian-policy: the underground "url" field in
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Hi,
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 06:03:53 +0800, Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> said:
> /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt.gz doesn't mention any "url"
> field. Nonetheless, $ grep-available -F url . -s url|wc -l 25
> packages use it! Indeed, it is even "url" and not "Url",
> capitalized like the other fields, showing its wetback nature. So
> it should either be documented, or those packages should stop using
> it.
Policy is not meant to be exhaustive. And, unless there is a
reason for it to specify a field, policy should continue to be quiet
about it. Please provide arguments for why it should be mentioned in
policy if you want to reopen this bug.
manoj
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Hoping to goodness is not theologically sound. - Peanuts
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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