Hi Hannah, Thank you the fixes; I've elided everything that's been resolved.
Hannah Rittich <v...@rittich.net> writes: > On 01/12/2021 18:09, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > >> control: >> >> * source:Description does not yet appear to be supported by Policy >> (see bug #998165). I'm guessing you would prefer to prioritise >> uploading this package rather than waiting for (or working towards) >> evolving Debian Policy, so I'd recommend just copy and pasting for now. >> For the record, yes, I absolutely agree that the way you chose is better >> :-) I look forward to the day when we can upload this more elegant >> packaging style. > > So lintian has been updated already. If you insist, I change back to > using the X-Description variable (which is allowed by the policy). > Declaring Standards-Version: 4.6.0 means that the package is compliant with Policy 4.6.0 (and in this case also 4.6.0.1), which does not permit source:Description at L12. See the bug from my last email (noted above) for a practical implication of the proposal that may be objected to, and also see §5.2 of Policy for how this is not yet permitted: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#source-package-control-files-debian-control I believe ftpmasters will reject this the current state of this package because of this. If you're interested in reading about other things they'll reject for, here is some optional reading: https://ftp-master.debian.org/#rejections https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html https://ftp-master.debian.org/NEW-checklist.html I think it's likely that they'll ask us to add "Martchus" to both the long and short description, and also to enhance the long description to be less generic and more informative; they won't reject the package on these grounds though, and I won't hassle you about any of these things unless it seems like there are enough of them that I worry that ftpmasters will reject the package. Debian is the strictest distribution that I know of ;-) Regards, Nicholas
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