Bug#758124: Documenting the Testsuite field in the Policy.
Hi Charles,
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 07:44:19AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 09:36:50PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> > Package: debian-policy
> > Version: 3.9.5
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Hi Guillem and everybody,
> >
> > thanks for adding direct support for the Testsuite field in Dpkg.
> >
> > Here is a patch to update the Policy accordingly. Do you have comments ?
>
> Anybody wanting to see the Testsuite field documented in the Policy, please
> raise your hand !
Raise my hand ... but for what purpose? Is policy a matter of voting
about it?
BTW, if I remember correctly recent dpkg will add the field
automatically so perhaps the documentation for the user might become
less important (or am I wrong here)?
Kind regards
Andreas.
> Have a nice day,
>
> -- Charles
>
> > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> > index 6eac491..a8b27e2 100644
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -2666,6 +2666,7 @@ Package: libc6
> > <item><qref id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
> > <item><qref id="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref></item>
> > <item><qref id="f-VCS-fields"><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>, et al.</qref></item>
> > + <item><qref id="f-Testsuite"><tt>Testsuite</tt></qref></item>
> > </list>
> > </p>
> >
> > @@ -2761,6 +2762,7 @@ Package: libc6
> > <item><qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref></item>
> > <item><qref id="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref></item>
> > <item><qref id="f-VCS-fields"><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>, et al.</qref></item>
> > + <item><qref id="f-Testsuite"><tt>Testsuite</tt></qref></item>
> > <item><qref id="f-Dgit"><tt>Dgit</tt></qref></item>
> > <item><qref id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
> > <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et al</qref></item>
> > @@ -3863,6 +3865,24 @@ Checksums-Sha256:
> > further details.
> > </p>
> > </sect1>
> > +
> > + <sect1 id="f-Testsuite">
> > + <heading><tt>Testsuite</tt></heading>
> > +
> > + <p>
> > + Simple field containing a comma-separated list of values allowing
> > + test execution environments to discover packages which provide
> > + tests. Currently, the only defined value is <tt>autopkgtest</tt>.
> > + </p>
> > +
> > + <p>
> > + This field is automatically added to Debian source control files by
> > + <prgn>dpkg</prgn><footnote>from version 1.17.11.</footnote> when
> > + a <file>debian/tests/control</file> file is present in the source
> > + package. This field may also be used in source package control
> > + files if needed in other situations.
> > + </p>
> > + </sect1>
> > </sect>
> >
> > <sect>
> > --
> > 2.0.1
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