Stefano Zacchiroli dijo [Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 01:46:05PM +0200]: > (...) > As per policy the empty architecture list has no defined semantics, I > guess that the only possible behaviours out there are the following: > > 1) require at least one entry (as did by python-debian) > > 2) assume a default polarity, this in turn would lead to one of the > possible two semantics: > > a) (polarity positive) hence empty arch list means "no architecture", > i.e. useless dependency > > b) (polarity negative) hence empty arch list means "no excluded > architecture", i.e. always present dependency > > We can start betting on this possibilities :-)
Umh... And I think I'd rather go with the negative polarity. This means that [] is a no-op. Positive polarity just kills all the dependency information for that dependency... And I doubt it is ever desirable! -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
