Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist Le Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:14:00PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > > ftpmasters requested a new field in the .dsc files to ease their work. > I just implemented it and it will be part of dpkg 1.16.0. > > This has been done on short notice so I wanted to inform policy people > so that you can review the discussions and the design in case anyone has > objections/suggestions before it's in wide-spread usage: > http://bugs.debian.org/619131
Hello everybody, I just realised that we forgot to document this field. How about the following patch. diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 4dec04c..d2e506e 100644 --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -2753,6 +2753,7 @@ Package: libc6 <item><qref id="f-VCS-fields"><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>, et al.</qre <item><qref id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommend <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et al</qref></item> + <item><qref id="f-Package-List"><tt>Package-List</tt></qref></item> <item><qref id="f-Checksums"><tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item> <item><qref id="f-Files"><tt>Files</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item> @@ -3812,6 +3813,19 @@ Checksums-Sha256: </taglist> </p> </sect1> + + <sect1 id="f-Package-List"> + <heading><tt>Package-List</tt></heading> + + <p> + Multiline field listing all the packages that can be built from + the source package. The first line of the field value is empty. + Each one of the next lines describe one binary package, by listing + its name, type, section and priority separated by spaces. There + are two possible package types: binary package (<tt>deb</tt>) or + micro binary package (<tt>udeb</tt>). + </p> + </sect1> </sect> <sect> Does anybody know if this field mandatory or optional ? Have a nice week-end, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org