https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32003
--- Comment #21 from Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian dot org> --- (In reply to Luca Boccassi from comment #10) > (In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #9) > > For non-working --package-metadata, we should either remove it or fix it. > > Sorry, but this is absolutely wrong, as the existing option works just fine. > I do not mind if you add other options, but the existing one cannot be > removed, as it is in active use in production, and it will remain in active > use in production for the foreseeable future - I have no intention nor plan > of stopping its use, even if there are alternatives. It works just fine > either directly with some escaping, or indirectly via a spec file. Again, no > problem with adding alternative options if you want to have them, absolutely > fine to do so, but just not at the expense of the current one. Just to be clear, changing the existing option to also take in escaped input, as long as it is backward compatible and still accepts normal input, would also be absolutely fine by me. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
