Bug#679326: debian-policy: DMUA should covered more explicitly
Le Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:08:46AM +0200, Axel Beckert a écrit :
> Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> > > the policy currently doesn't explain all aspects and especially not all
> > > restrictions of the DM-Upload-Allowed field usage.
> >
> > Not that the implementation WILL change. And I see no reason to explain
> > the implementation inside policy.
>
> Well, ok, but at least the intention should be clear. The current
> state obviously confuses and misleads people. And that's a thing which
> should definitely be fixed.
Dear Axel,
I think that from the Policy point of view, the essential informations are
where the field is found, what are the acceptable values, and what is its
purpose. Especially if the field is to dissapear within this year, I would
rather replace the ambiguous part by someting shorter like for instance:
Indicates that Debian Maintainers may upload this package to
- the Debian archive. The only valid value is <tt>yes</tt>. If
- the field <tt>DM-Upload-Allowed: yes</tt> is present in the
- source section of the source control file of the most recent
- version of a package in unstable or experimental, the Debian
- archive will accept uploads of this package signed with a key
- in the Debian Maintainer keyring. See the General
+ the Debian archive. The only valid value is <tt>yes</tt>. This
+ field is used to regulate uploads by Debian Maintainers, see the General
Resolution <url id="http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_003";
name="Endorse the concept of Debian Maintainers"> for more
details.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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