Bug#872587: debian-policy: please document "Important: yes"
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 02:28:22PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Do you have any idea how long we can expect to wait until dpkg supports
> the field? I would suggest that we wait until dpkg has defined
> behaviour for the field, as it will make documenting it much easier. It
> will also allow us to be more confident that there is no serious
> disagreement about the purpose of the field.
If he just want to use the field, no change to dpkg is necessary. dpkg
supports user defined fields since at least 15 years, when d-i started
to rely on them. See deb-src-control(5) for information.
Bastian
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