Dear all, this morning I have reserved DEP 12 for the proposition of a machine-readable file, debian/upstream, to hold metadata about a source package's upstream project. The discussion will take place later on debian...@lists.debian.org, but with Debconf approaching, I thought it may be preferable to advertise again the concept.
The key point is to have an upload-independant central point where arbitrary data can be stored and updated. The debian/upstream file is easy to retrieve from a source package's VCS, and easy to parse as it is in YAML format. In the scientific Debian Pure Blends, we are using it to store bibliographic information about manuscripts related to the package, but I think that the debian/upstream file would be a good place also for storing other informations such as URL to the upstream bugtracker, VCS, FAQ, registration or donation pages, etc. You can find more information on the Debian wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata I hope that by the end of the summer, we can have a discuscussion on this project as DEP 12 and see if it takes off or not. Have a nice week-end, and a nice Debconf, Charles -- Charles Plessy Debian Med packaging team, http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120630130627.ga32...@falafel.plessy.net