Hi Jelmer, On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 02:27:58AM +0000, Jelmer Vernooij wrote: > The debian/upstream/metadata file spec > (https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata) currently supports > a "Repository" field, but does not document a way of specifying what > branch in the repository the upstream sources are in. > > This can be necessary when upstream e.g. has multiple release series > and the Debian package is tracking just one. > > Would it be possible to allow specification of a branch?
Sure it is possible. I see your point but I admit for the moment I have no (machine-readable oriented) use case - so I don't mind personally. > I can see two > possible ways of allowing this: > > * Add a new "Branch" field in the YAML file that goes along with the > Repository field. E.g.: > > Repository: https://git.samba.org/samba.git > Branch: 4.7 As I said I would not mind much personally, but just "Branch" is a bit generic. In case this form is prefered Repository-Branch sounds a bit more clear to me. > * Allow specifying the branch in the Repository header somehow. This > would be more consistent with what happens for e.g. the packaging > metadata headers in debian/control. E.g.: > > Repository: https://git.samba.org/samba.git -b 4.7 This is another alternative to make things more clear and may be this should be prefered. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de
