Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > su, 2008-05-18 kello 18:40 +1000, Ben Finney kirjoitti: > > This would still not meet the stated requirement for the proposed > > mass bug filing, of finding packages that *do* use a VCS but don't > > declare it. > > That is true, but it would get all package maintainers to add the > headers, and the package maintainers would then know what to add. > > So the mass bug filing would be to add Vcs- headers according to > need.
When such bugs are filed, I would ask that they not refer to "headers" which is a term that doesn't apply to 'debian/control'. The contents of 'debian/control' is a set of *fields*, not headers, just like the fields in the header of an email message. > Of course, I wouldn't do a mass bug filing yet. I'd add a lintian > check first, and do a d-d-a mail, and wait a couple of months. That sounds a reasonable approach, *if* there is consensus that the 'Vcs-*' fields should be mandatory in 'debian/control' files. The mass bug filing would then have nothing to do with whether the 'Vcs-*' fields were *correct* or not, just whether they were *present*. This is different from the original "file bugs against packages that do use a VCS but don't declare it" proposal, up-thread. -- \ "I was stopped by the police for speeding; they said 'Don't you | `\ know the speed limit is 55 miles an hour?' I said 'Yeah I know, | _o__) but I wasn't going to be out that long.'" -- Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
