On Sat, 20 Jun 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> writes: > > > Merging all those ideas, I suggest we drop Status/Commit/Patch and use > > the following format: > > > > Origin: <upstream|backport|vendor|other> : <url-or-commit> > > I'd still suggest having the extra information optional in the case of > anything but “other”: > > "Origin: upstream" [ ": " <url-or-commit> ] > "Origin: backport" [ ": " <url-or-commit> ] > "Origin: vendor" [ ": " <url-or-commit> ] > "Origin: other: " <url-or-commit>
Well, if you read the spec, the URL-or-commit part is already optional. I don't think that making it mandatory for the "other" case is important. Anyone knows it's best if it's there... > > Forwarded: <yes|no|not-needed|<url-or-text>> > > Again, I'll warn against specifying “one of these keywords, or whatever > you like” since that begs for collisions in future when trying to > introduce new keywords. Contary to Origin, I believe the set of official value will never need to be expanded so I preferred the simplified syntax. I'm trying hard to not over-engineer the spec and make it really intuitive to follow. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
