Wouter Verhelst schrieb: > I might want to have a file with "1.0 (non-native)" to have dpkg error > out when I accidentally don't have a .orig.tar.gz file somewhere, for > instance. As long as the absense of that file does not make things > suddenly break, I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
I wholeheartedly agree here. > Of course, this all conveniently ignores the fact that the above > explicit non-native option isn't actually supported, which is > unfortunate... Didn't check for this: Is a bug open to request such a feature to explicitly say "1.0 (native)" or "1.0 (non-native)"? I would also find this option really useful > [...] >> I did say until dpkg is fixed. I think the fix in dpkg needs to be that >> the lack of debian/source/format uniquely identifies source format 1.0 > > Unfortunately, "source format 1.0" actually encompasses *two* formats: > native packages and non-native packages. I'm sure you've also > incorrectly gotten native source packages on occasion when what you > wanted was a non-native package. Oh yes, unfortunately, I even once accidentally uploaded such a package while doing a sponsored upload (did a rebuild but somehow managed to not have the orig.tar.gz at the right place). Oh the shame ;-) Regards, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bb0fea7.5030...@debian.org