Bug#697433: New field Package-List in .dsc

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> writes:

>> +       <sect1 id="f-Package-List">
>> +         <heading><tt>Package-List</tt></heading>
>> +
>> +         <p>
>> +           Multiline field listing all the packages that can be built from
>> +           the source package.  The first line of the field value is empty.
>> +           Each one of the next lines describe one binary package, by listing
>> +           its name, type, section and priority separated by spaces.  There
>> +           are two possible package types: binary package (<tt>deb</tt>) or
>> +           micro binary package (<tt>udeb</tt>).
>> +         </p>
>> +       </sect1>
>>        </sect>
>>
>>        <sect>
>
>> Does anybody know if this field mandatory or optional ?
>
> Seconded, once that question has been resolved.

I suspect reality dictates it's optional for now.

Perhaps it's worth mentioning that this should list packages for all
arches and not just the arch built on, since that might make it
clearer what the motivation is.

With or without such a change, seconded.

Thanks,
Jonathan