(Thanks for the CC.) Matthias Klose wrote: > I haven't yet seen any reasoning why people are seeing that > information as "cluttering the database" or just as "ugly". Causing unrelated programs like dpkg-repack to spew warning messages is, by definition, ugly. Using X- fields, which are intended for nonstandard extensions, in the core of Debian is also ugly. > Same thing > with a missing attribute "Homepage", which often is hidden in the > description anyway. Modify dpkg to properly add new fields if they're going to have common usage in Debian. Using X- fields is fine for prototyping but not for final implementations. -- see shy jo, hyprocritically
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