Re: RFC deb822 sources.list format

[Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>]

Hi Julian,

On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 04:15:13PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> wrote:
[..]
> How about a Name field (for displaying in the UI)? Or, actually
> instead of this and comments, how about a Description field with short
> and long descriptions, as they are used in the package control files?
> That's easier to parse then comments. Not supporting free-form #
> comments also makes rewriting and programmatically modifying the files
> easier
> 
> Type: deb
> URI: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian
> Suite: stable testing unstable
> Section: main contrib
> Description: Official Debian Mirror
>  This is the official Debian mirror I use.
> 
> d-i could create such files with Description automatically.

Thanks, I think the Description is a great idea and I added it to the
sources.list(5) man page. Apt itself does not enforce it yet, but its
great for frontends like software-properties (or maybe a new "apt
list-sources").

Cheers,
 Michael