On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:45:23PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hello, > > Policy 5.6.7. `Package' defines "The name of the binary package.", but > it does not seem that the format of source package names is restricted > anythere. Sanity as well as, I'd say, common use, would say source has > the same format as binary. > > Clarifying it would be as trivial as this: > > 5.6.7. `Package' > ---------------- > > - The name of the binary package. > + The name of the source and binary package. I think that would be incorrect; that section is very specifically talking about the "Package" field in a debian/control or .dsc file, and the Package field in such a file does *not* name the source package; that's the job of the Source field. It seems to me that it would be simplest just to copy the text from 5.6.7 (Package) to 5.6.1 (Source). Technically this imposes a new requirement on source packages that's slightly stricter than that imposed by dpkg-source, which from my brief reading of the code would theoretically permit colons, commas, equals signs, and tildes too, but I see no reason why those would be desirable and have never heard of anyone trying to use them in source package names. I agree with you that sanity and common use say that the two classes of package names have the same format. diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 0140043..144cbfb 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -2588,6 +2588,14 @@ Package: libc6 package control file when the source package has the same name and version as the binary package. </p> + + <p> + Package names must consist only of lower case letters + (<tt>a-z</tt>), digits (<tt>0-9</tt>), plus (<tt>+</tt>) + and minus (<tt>-</tt>) signs, and periods (<tt>.</tt>). + They must be at least two characters long and must start + with an alphanumeric character. + </p> </sect1> <sect1 id="f-Maintainer"> I'm seeking seconds for this. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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