Bug#1087820: debian-policy: allows README.source.md alternatively
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:37:57 +0100, Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 06:29:25PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > On the other hand, is there much benefit? People used to typing
> > 'less debian/README.source' would need to retrain their fingers.
> This is my concern too:
> the whole point of this policy is to specify the filename.
> Beside this file is only useful in limited circumstances which are less
> and less frequent due to improvement to dpkg and uupdate. It is unclear
> why anyone would need markdown for it.
I guess Otto was thinkig about Gitlab/salsa which renders markdown
automatically.
Cheers,
gregor
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