Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Adeodato Simó ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060610 03:11]: >> * Margarita Manterola [Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:35:54 -0300]: >> >> > So, in any case, I'd encourage you to patch dpkg to handle a new >> > "Homepage" field, and submit the patch. Once this is being used by a >> > big number of packages, you might bring this up again. >> >> > I'd really like to have the Homepage field in dpkg, although I doubt >> > it would enter policy. >> >> You can start without patching dpkg: >> >> Package: foo >> ... >> XB-Homepage: http://www.foo.org >> >> That will make a Homepage field end in the binary control information, >> and thus in the Packages file. > > Actually, I think the URL information should be part of the source > package part inside of debian/control. At least for packages.d.o (and > similar services), the information as part of debian/control is already > enough, as there could be backend databases. For displaying of binary > packages, this information may need to put into the binary packages > themself (or even the Packages-file). This could however be seen as > second step. > > > Cheers, > Andi
The common way to put the homepage into a package and into Packages is to add it to the long description. e.g.: Package: hexedit Priority: optional Section: editors Installed-Size: 108 Maintainer: Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.2.12-2 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libncurses5 (>= 5.4-5) Filename: pool/main/h/hexedit/hexedit_1.2.12-2_amd64.deb Size: 26616 MD5sum: 6d92158c1aa355aa42b90f4d584ccfbc Description: view and edit files in hexadecimal or in ASCII hexedit shows a file both in ASCII and in hexadecimal. The file can be a device as the file is not whole read. You can modify the file and search through it. You have also copy&paste and save to file functions. Truncating or appending to the file. Modifications are shown in bold. . Homepage: http://www.chez.com/prigaux/hexedit.html Tag: interface::text-mode, role::sw:utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::file grep-dctrl -F Description Homepage dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages -n -s Package | wc 2138 2138 27028 MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
