On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:41:04PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > That is a behavioural change, right? Up to now, dpkg-genchanges > > includes all the descriptions in source-only uploads. I'm not sure this is > > a behaviour we need to keep, just making sure everyone is aware that we > > do. > > Indeed. It also means that XC-* fields are not forwarded for source-only > uploads (but IMO, XC-* should only have an effect in the source part of the > control file in general, but that's another discussion). > > We already don't include descriptions (and XC fields) of packages that have no > corresponding .deb file uploaded (even if they are valid packages that are > simply not built on the architecture of this upload). So this seemed like the > logical behaviour for a source only upload. > > It's highly unlikely that we break anything with this change but on the other > hand, as a frequent reviewer of .changes files, I appreciate having > descriptions... so I'm wondering if we shouldn't change the behaviour in the > opposite direction (always include all descriptions of all binary packages > even > those which are not uploaded). > > Opinions?
I would support that. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
