Bug#1082334: developers-reference: confusing: 6.2.4. Upstream home page
Source: developers-reference
Version: 12.18
Severity: minor
Section 6.2.4
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.en.html#upstream-home-page
This would refer to the Package section:
Adding this information in the package description itself is considered deprecated.
This lintian info discourages the use of homepage field in binary package.
https://udd.debian.org/lintian-tag/homepage-in-binary-package
The policy just lists homepage for both source and binary without comment.
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#debian-source-package-template-control-files-debian-control
Are there cases that you would prefer homepage field in binary section and not in source section.
Can homepage field in binary section be deprecated.
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/developers-reference
Reply to: