Le Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:38:12PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit : > > Well, I was assuming that DEP5 was going to become an "associated text" > under policy §5.6.11 and, as such, subject to Standards-Version. That > would bring IMHO various benefits such as: 1) the possibility of > dropping Format:, 2) have a lintian check that doesn't need to preserve > yet another version-format mapping; 3) documentation of format changes > into upgrade-checklist.
Note that there is at least one other control data file that has a Format field whose version is independant of the Policy's version number, the Debian changes files: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Format There is another reason why I would not support an alignment on the Policy's version number: from the begining we promised that DEP-5 was not an attempt to modify the Policy. Even if it did not make a practical consequence, I think that it would be appropriate to not go further than shipping the DEP and the Policy in the same package. If in a second and separate step there is a consensus for merging, I would be very pleased, but I really think that it should be after a large number of packages use the DEP, and after parsers produce data of which the benefits are widely recognised. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- 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/20110116130141.gf28...@merveille.plessy.net
