Quoting Lars Wirzenius (2016-05-26 08:08:35) > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:09:47PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: >> By also considering the fact that the "-d DIR" solution does not >> prevent to add a "-l" in the future, I think minimality wins here >> (hence my "Yay" to your proposal in separate mail). YMMV. > > My only concern here is the introduction of yet more ad hoc, custom > syntax into Debian data files. It's already annoying to parse such > files, and every addition makes things more annoying. I dream of an > alternative universe where Debian standardised on something like YAML > or JSON for its data files. RFC822 style files weren't a bad choice, > but I find them to be insufficiently extensible without pain. > > But in this reality, we've made our choice and we'll have to stick > with it, so go for it.
I just noticed that SPDX - whom we already align with for naming of license shortnames - in their specifications include VCS URL format which covers paths and tags: > To specify a sub-path to a file or directory inside a repository use > the "#" delimiter: > PackageDownloadLocation: git://git.myproject.org/MyProject#src/somefile.c > PackageDownloadLocation: > git+https://git.myproject.org/MyProject#src/Class.java > To specify branch names, a commit hash or a tag name, use the "@" > delimiter: > PackageDownloadLocation: git://git.myproject.org/MyProject.git@master > PackageDownloadLocation: git+https://git.myproject.org/MyProject.git@v1.0 > PackageDownloadLocation: > git://git.myproject.org/MyProject.git@da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 > Sub-paths and branch names or commit hash can be combined too: > PackageDownloadLocation: > git+https://git.myproject.org/MyProject.git@master#/src/MyClass.cpp > PackageDownloadLocation: > git+https://git.myproject.org/MyProject@da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709#lib/variable.rb Found in section 3.7.5 of SPDX 2.0 PDF, located at http://spdx.org/SPDX-specifications/spdx-version-2.0 - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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