Bug#914383: debian-policy: re-encode virtual package list in YAML
Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> writes:
> Implemented here:
> <https://salsa.debian.org/jmtd/policy/commits/structured-vpackage-list>
> <https://salsa.debian.org/jmtd/policy/commit/8948b734754f73022852c3839569e9416cb76ed1>
> I repeat the commit log message here. It's worded in terms of absolutes,
> i.e. "do this, do that", since that's what the commit does, however,
> please consider this a proposal (which I am advocating for), i.e. "I
> propose converting...", "I suggest deleting..." etc.
> I've been thinking of this for a long time and another situation came up
> this week where I thought it would be helpful so I sat down and did it.
I haven't had a chance to review the details yet, but wanted to send a
quick and immediate reply to say *thank you* and I really appreciate you
tackling this! I think this general idea would go a long way to making
this data more useful.
Does anyone reading the Policy list know of anything that would *break* if
we converted the virtual package list to a structured form? I think it's
likely we'll accept this if not, so this is a call for any issues that I'm
not thinking of.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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