> Brian & I (erick) had some discussion on ftp installation with dpkg and > we came up with two options. One of them is in my opinion the best and > the other one is the option Brian suggested (and thinks is the best). > > Brian suggests to add a Filename: field in Packages-Master > Erick suggests to have all packages have the name they should have: > <package>-<version>-<revision>.deb (as suggested in the Guidelines). > Here some conversation. > > > >> Is there any advantage to doing all this over simply including the > > >> "Filename: ..." directly in the generated Packages-Master file? > > > > > >Yes, the approach I suggested follows the rules from the Guidelines. > > >Adding an extra field which is required because some maintainer don't > > >follow > > >the guidelines is undermining the guidelines and I thought we agreed on > > >those guidelines. We should change the guidelines if we don't. > > > > The unfortunate thing is that there are no guidelines regarding filenames. > > It is generally accepted that they are in the form of "package-ver-rev.deb", > > but that alone isn't enough. > > > IMO it is specified in the Guidelines / or instructions to maintainers. > Can anyone agree or disagree on this otherwise we'll end up with yes/no. > > >Adding an extra field can be confusing especially when it is so much alike > > >the other information (package version revision) provided. IMO it would > > >be a bigger win if we can convince maintainer to follow the guidelines than > > >to add a good solution like adding the filename field in Packages-Master, > > >if > > >you have the best solution right at your fingertips (follow the guidelines) > > > > Personally, I disagree about the confusion. I also think it will be > > harder to convince the maintainers to do an automatic rename of all > > the packages that it will be to convince them to include the filename > > in the Packages-Master file. > > > > Well I think Ian M has to answer this. > > > Still, either way will work. > > > > Please suggest this to the list so others can support this effort. > > > > Brian > > ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not. > > > > > -- > Erick [EMAIL PROTECTED] +31-10-4635142 > Department of General Surgery (Intensive Care) University Hospital Rotterdam > NL >
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