On Thu, 2012-09-13 at 14:55:04 +0000, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: > Charles Plessy, 2012-09-13 01:55+0200: > > I would like to share with you the recently published RFC 6648, which > > deprecates the use of "X-" prefixes in "application protocols" > > Perhaps we should consider changing the way we write user-defined > control fields (policy §5.7)?
Why? > Instead of things like > XBCS-Comment: This field will appear in the changes, binary and > source control files The X gets discarded on output, so the field names will not have an X- in the changes, binary or source control files. It should really be thought more as a marker for the BCS flags than as a private field marker. > we may want to write: > tanguy.debian.org-BCS-Comment: … > > or: > team.alioth.debian.org-BCS-Comment: … There's already the Private- prefix which can be further namespaced, is preserved on output, and avoids dpkg-deb giving warnings about unknown fields (documented in deb-src-control(5)). thanks, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120913151442.ga25...@gaara.hadrons.org