Bug#570141: Specific Homepage entry for abandoned software
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:06:02AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@debian.org> writes:
>
> > I would like to propose the following extension to "5.6.23.", the
> > "Homepage" header line:
>
> (That's “field”, by the way. There's no header in the control file, just
> paragraphs that contain fields.)
>
> > ---
> > If no homepage exists, e.g. because the software is abandoned and
> > vanished off the net, "None" can be specified.
> > ---
>
> Is this not indicated by omitting the ‘Homepage’ field?
>
> Are you proposing to make the ‘Homepage’ field mandatory?
He is proposing to make the Homepage be able to say "there is no
homepage". Omitting Homepage can also mean "I haven't filled this info".
Mike
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