On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:23:20 +0300, Eddy Petrişor wrote: > On 31/08/06, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> also sprach Michal Čihař <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.31.1639 +0200]: >> > Please no, as tools will start to use X-Homepage, you will have to >> > keep compatibility for long time. And if tools won't use it, it >> > makes no use to include it in debian/control. I always wondered >> > why there is no proper support for Homepage:... >> >> Those are the laws of adoption, yes. I don't think compatibility is >> so hard to achieve here, but you are right: we must not act >> prematurely. >> >> Anyway, the reason why there's no proper support is, of course, >> because noone has provided patches yet... > > And pathces are not there because there is a herd of people who oppose > violently to adding a Homepage: field to the control file. The main > arguments (which are stupid IMHO) are that: > > [...]
A more practical reason not to do it is that the homepage may move, leaving us publishing outdated information for the rest of the stable release. -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
