On Sat, 29 May 2010, Charles Plessy wrote: > Thanks for the pointer. I sent a patch for the Policy to this bug report. I > agree with the comment of Manoj in message #15 that the Format field of the > Debian source control files would have better been called Src-Format or > something similar. Do you think that there is a chance to correct this in the > future?
It's unlikely, it's a complication with no clear benefit. > The patch I sent indicates the meaning of the Format field for the Debian > change files and source control files, and brings the Policy up to date with > the format 1.8 for Debian changes files. I did not address the meaning of the > Format field in source package control files, because I do not understand why > the debian/source/format file was introduced to replace the use of that field. It's not replaced... the field is still here in the .dsc, but its content is generated by dpkg-source (and the source format specific part) based on debian/source/format or the --format command-line option. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Like what I do? Sponsor me: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/05/5-years-of-freexian/ My Debian goals: http://ouaza.com/wp/2010/01/09/debian-related-goals-for-2010/ -- 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/20100530080813.gc6...@rivendell
