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Bug#1106631: can we have Homepage: in debian/control as a multivalue



On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 03:16:57PM +0500, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote:
On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 10:42:42AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
I am wondering whether we should either allow multiple Homepage fields
in debian/control or have this as a multivalue, allowing mor than one
homepage to be listed.

I have a package that is on github and has a homepage, with the server
having the homepage being kind of broken so that it doesn't deliver the
page for all clients. The github page doesn't refer to the real
homepage.

I am therefore tempted to ignore the "real" homepage and set the
Homepage field to the github page here.

I need to note that this is usually the correct way, because it's often hard (sometimes impossible) to get the upstream source from the "real" homepage, especially when one wants a VCS and not tarballs. It's safe to assume, on the other hand, that a VCS has a prominent link to a "real" homepage if that exists and is useful.

We have debian/watch to look for upstream source.

OTOH we have additional metadata, e.g. debian/upstream/metadata, and it's possible that it would be enough for you, but I don't think e.g. tracker shows it.

Do we have that documented beyond DEP-12?

Greetings
Marc

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