Package: developers-reference Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Dear maintainer,
the attached patch describes the Vcs-Upstream-* tags. See also http://bugs.debian.org/719701 and http://bugs.debian.org/719699 Thanks in advance for merging.
Index: best-pkging-practices.dbk =================================================================== --- best-pkging-practices.dbk (revision 10221) +++ best-pkging-practices.dbk (working copy) @@ -412,10 +412,29 @@ </screen> </section> +<section id="s6.2.5.3"> +<title>Vcs-Upstream-Browser</title> +<para> +Value of this field should be a <literal>http://</literal> URL pointing to a +web-browsable copy of the upstream Version Control System repository, if +available. +</para> +<para> +The information is meant to be useful for the final user, willing to browse the +latest upstream work (e.g. when looking for an upstream fix for a bug). +</para> </section> +<section id="s6.2.5.4"> +<title>Vcs-Upstream-*</title> +Value of this field should be the same as in <xref linkend="s6.2.5.2"/>, but +for the upstream repository instead of the Debian packaging. </section> +</section> + +</section> + <section id="bpp-debian-changelog"> <title>Best practices for <filename>debian/changelog</filename></title> <para>
