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Bug#478295: Sha1 and sha256 in .changes and .dsc file



Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 13:29:42 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:

>> +	  <p>
>> +	    <tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt> are
>> +	    multiline field.  The first line of the field value (the part

> multiline fields

Thanks, fixed.

>> +	  <p>
>> +	    In the <file>.dsc</file> file, these fields should list all
>> +	    files that make up the source package.  In
>> +	    the <file>.changes</file> file, these fields should list all
>> +	    files being uploaded.  The list of files in these fields
>> +	    must match the list of files in the <tt>Files</tt> field.
>> +	  </p>

> Shouldn't these 'should's be 'must's?

Currently, presence of these fields is optional, and saying must here felt
like it was implying that the fields must always be present.  The second
sentence will catch the case where the fields are present but incomplete.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>



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