Re: Vcs-* and Other Fields
Jonathan Yu <jonathan.i.yu@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm curious if I missed something in the policy manual that mentioned
> paragraphs which are unknown. I find no mention of the Vcs-* fields
> but I don't know if they're supposed to just be copied as-is. I've
> seen the stuff on X-Comments and all the rules for X[BS]*- stuff, but
> not the Vcs- stuff in the policy manual.
>
> However, I did find those fields noted in the Developer Reference
> http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-vcs
>
> Should this be something in the policy itself?
I think so. But in general Policy doesn't document every possible
field, only the ones with Policy significance. dpkg from time to time
adds additional informational fields without needing a Policy section
first. However, I think that ones that become established should gain
Policy documentation so that we can be sure of interoperability, like we
did with Homepage.
I don't remember if there's a bug filed asking for inclusion of the
Vcs-* fields already. If there isn't and you feel like tracking this
down, a bug that has a pointer to the specification would be great, or a
proposed specification. For Lintian, we had trouble finding
documentation for what the contents should be for some cases,
particularly Vcs-Mtn.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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