Bug#525151: Clarify format of source package name
Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> writes:
> 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.
Looks right to me. Seconded.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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