Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Guillem Jover writes: > Seconded. Thanks! I think the wording changes subsequent to Sam's second are informative and within the changes the Policy Editor can make without seconds, so I'm proceeding with this and Sam's second and have merged this change for the next Policy release. -- Russ

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Please remove the following email address: e.little...@gmail.com On Sun, Sep 10, 2023 at 1:33 PM Russ Allbery wrote: > Here is an updated proposed change for this bug, incorporating Guillem's > suggestions. It is ready for seconds. > > -- > Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org)

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Hi! On Sun, 2023-09-10 at 16:31:30 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Guillem Jover writes: > > Hmm, the "For this case" comes just after the "no binary packages" which > > to me reads as being somewhat referring to it, perhaps the "no binary > > packages" sentence should be put at the end of the

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Guillem Jover writes: > Hmm, the "For this case" comes just after the "no binary packages" which > to me reads as being somewhat referring to it, perhaps the "no binary > packages" sentence should be put at the end of the paragraph to avoid > confusion, or the "For this case" moved instead after

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Hi! On Sun, 2023-09-10 at 10:30:41 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > index 4bab7df..904fa52 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst > @@ -812,10 +812,11 @@ See :ref:`s-descriptions` for

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Here is an updated proposed change for this bug, incorporating Russ> Guillem's suggestions. It is ready for seconds. Russ> -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) Russ> I have reviewed the patch; I support

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Here is an updated proposed change for this bug, incorporating Guillem's suggestions. It is ready for seconds. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) >From 66175d3775f238a5ce3a2254388ad974e81d462f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Tue,

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Hi! On Tue, 2022-09-20 at 21:21:23 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Here is a patch to fix this wording in Policy. I think it's ready for > seconds. > >From c98654d7effa875c6e11da16159ac3feded8f763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Russ Allbery > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:17:55 -0700 > Subject:

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Hello, On Tue 20 Sep 2022 at 09:21PM -07, Russ Allbery wrote: > In .changes files for source-only uploads, the Binary and > Description fields are not present. Document this, and be clearer > in the description of the Description field for .changes files that > only descriptions of binary

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Guillem Jover writes: > On Mon, 2020-06-22 at 18:51:21 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: >> Starting with an upcoming release, Lintian will check for the presence >> of required and recommended fields in various packaging control files. >> Our methods are probably not perfect, but it was brought to my

Bug#963524: debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads

Control: reassign -1 debian-policy Control: retitle -1 debian-policy: Binary and Description fields not mandatory in .changes on source-only uploads On Mon, 2020-06-22 at 18:51:21 -0700, Felix Lechner wrote: > Package: dpkg > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-lint-ma...@lists.debian.org >