2009/1/13 Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org>: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:30:08 +0100 > "Julian Andres Klode" <j...@debian.org> wrote: > >> Russ Allbery wrote: >> > It would be nice if there were some way of telling the archive software >> > not to include this package in the archive index on the platforms it >> > doesn't support, though. >> >> My proposal was http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/02/msg00045.html > > And an improved version which doesn't add unnecessary content was > offered too: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/02/msg00355.html > > How about using (for example) > > Architecture: all [i386 amd64 ppc] > > This has two advantages over a separate line: > 1. it doesn't bloat the Packages.gz file (which is v.important for > embedded) > 2. it follows existing conventions for such data, e.g. build-depends > and depends lines, which means that existing tools require fewer > changes to process the new information > > We don't have Build-Depends-Architecture or Depends-Architecture, so > why consider Install-Architecture? Fundamentally, these are the same > problem so the same solution would be useful. > > What is needed now is for someone to pursue the idea with bug reports > and patches to get it implemented. Ideas are fine but someone needs to > do the work of identifying what needs to change and how to get it > working. > If we copy this field 1:1 into the package and the Packages files, many packages will require patches, and the policy as well. I will try to provide patches for dpkg, dak, apt and python-apt, as well as the policy.
As this change is not backwards-compatible, the first time we could introduce such packages would be squeeze+1. -- Julian Andres Klode - Free Software Developer Debian Developer - Contributing Member of SPI Ubuntu Member - Fellow of FSFE Website: http://jak-linux.org/ XMPP: juli...@jabber.org Debian: http://www.debian.org/ SPI: http://www.spi-inc.org/ Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
