On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:59:00 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: [trimming To: to -qa]
> BTW, if we're going to create a new file to hold (in part) upstream > information, it would be really nice if it could replace debian/watch, and > in the long run it would be nice if it would take over some of the > metadata requirements of debian/copyright (all the stuff that isn't actual > legal notices, basically). We currently have that information spread > across multiple files; if we're going to go to the work of introducing a > new file, I think we should get consolidation for our trouble. Yes, please; just the other day I had to update a single upstream URL in 3 files (control, watch, copyright), and this feels a bit silly. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ - OpenPGP key 0xBB3A68018649AA06 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, and developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Beatles: Long Long Long
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