On Mon, 05 Oct 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > and that it can be more than a version number. > > I assume this refers to the Format field in the .dsc file.
Yes. > Since policy does not currently say anything about the Format field in > the .dsc file, we would need to mention any constraints on the Format > field, and what the values the field may take. Can you expand on this, > please? It's a version number (<major>.<minor>) like in .changes but it can optionally be followed by a parenthesis with a name (like in "3.0 (quilt)"). dpkg-source uses the major number and the content of the parenthesis to decide which perl module to use to build/unpack the source package: - 1.0 -> Dpkg::Source::Package::V1 - 3.0 (quilt) -> Dpkg::Source::Package::V3::quilt The minor number is left to the discretion of each module. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
