Bug#720507: .dsc field for dgit

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hi!

On Thu, 2013-08-22 at 18:48:02 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.9.4.0

> I have been working on a new tool for integration between the Debian
> archive and git.  The best available description is probably its
> manpage:
>   http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/2013/dgit.html
> 
> dgit uses a new field in .dsc files, which I have called
> Vcs-Dgit-Master.  Here is my proposed policy amendment to describe it.
> 
> There is no need for anything other than dgit to know about this
> field or its implications, although QA tools could profitably check
> some of the facts stated in the spec.

It seems premature to me to document this in policy while as you
recognize elsewhere this is for now still just an experiment. In a way
I guess I also fail to see the need to document it at all in policy
given that it's a tool specific field (we have other such tool
specific fields specified in external documents or policies). QA
tools should be able to follow whatever spec the tool has designated
for itself, no?

Thanks,
Guillem