Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: wishlist Please add something along the following lines to the section 5.7 "User defined fields" to the debian policy manual:
Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging system. To avoid conflicts of user defined fields with field that may be used by debian in the future, we suggest to use field names starting with X- (so you need to put X[BCS]-X-foo into the control file) which are guaranteed to never conflict with future official fields. That has the added bonus that dpkg-deb will not issue warnings about user defined fields at package build time. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / with kind regards Nils Rennebarth, Software Developer -- Funkwerk IP-Appliances GmbH Mönchhaldenstraße 28 D-70191 Stuttgart Tel: +49 711 900300 - 0 Fax: +49 711 900300 - 90 E-Mail: nils.renneba...@funkwerk-ec.com Location: GmbH Neu-Ulm, Local Court Memmingen, HRB 13043 Managing Directors: Michael Marsanu, Steffen Herrmann -------------------------------- The information contained in this e-mail has been carefully researched, but the possibility of it being inapplicable in individual cases cannot be ruled out. We therefore regret that we cannot accept responsibility or liability of any kind whatsoever for the correctness of the information given. Please notify us if you discover that information is inapplicable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
