Le Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 09:12:11AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : > > we are documenting in the Policy the Package-List field of the Debian source > control files. > > Multiline field listing all the packages that can be built from > the source package. The first line of the field value is empty. > Each one of the next lines describe one binary package, by listing > its name, type, section and priority separated by spaces. There > are two possible package types: binary package (<tt>deb</tt>) or > micro binary package (<tt>udeb</tt>). > > I do not know if this field should be marked mandatory, recommended or > optional. Is this field is strictly necessary for uploads ?
After experimenting by uploading a package without the Package-List field, I see that it is not mandatory. But the Policy also distinguishes recommended from other fields (for which nothing is mentioned). Given that it is there by default, I propose to mark it recommended. Cheers, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130107225059.ga31...@plessy.org
