Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512
Hello, The Policy implicitly indicates a source package should only build binary packages listed in debian/control. At least, this is how ftpmaster interprets §5.2, 5.4 and 5.6.19, when you look at the Reject FAQ <https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html> (search for “debian/control breakage #2”). Now, this is quite not compatible with the new debug symbol packages <https://wiki.debian.org/AutomaticDebugPackages> that are now automatically created. Since explicit is better than implicit, I think §5.2: >The debian/control file contains the most vital (and >version-independent) information about the source package and about the >binary packages it creates. > >The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the >source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary >package that the source tree builds. could be completed by: >[…] > >The first paragraph of the control file contains information about the >source package in general. The subsequent sets each describe a binary >package that the source tree builds. All the binary packages have a >corresponding paragraph, except for the possible automatic debug >packages that do not require one. There may be better ways to phrase this, but I think there is still a need for some clarification about this. Regards, - -- Tanguy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJW/VAkAAoJEOryzVHFAGgZiicQAL0PkKP9AuTl5bo/5+eITdMQ N9b0raQzKUFOKnoAMW8flfF7xRVwLppH9Bansylhg6kkKT/bK9nH3kvvI9rjCrcu GpZvhsstQ8fxNrHusfkoDjjkgDhtklfLqdOHrN9hetj/cxjdhA9Udg3GcZOCZDSp e+GnFBzla+xbtyDQxMlP6AjUqVsmD9CNshga0VHmJKNl1LQjQXvwVMGkK98116k2 FoYvM0PfLWvn9T8U4iGZsYPN/DB/U4RqLgF9gDPbZrnuqVtWuug9+GsrJOEH4a6x 7KCOJt9LGo6ca+iVWe2fDW5kkHgK19zAaUeIv+Diy72+BBBGIHl+5lO8T4KOcfqW WIkD+f3NhmzT5vG/v19R/A442uoYA4kkOF/Gh2khb2fimW/48vOl+4yHmR8zqTRa PTJ/UHqJCZbpm5Gbvgw44LjK27g3uvYpSD5cCF34LO7Wkxq1XZWd3ZWJMZkKd4nU EbtT+Ky6E40hmA+xfOBbi3BdLvg7aoepmgtkIHBhe/UcU/rW1t1MIIhDPa4HrMUl l/qlZ6D30eecYrA92QnUqIrl0pspmWBrle5ryv7DlO/csZWmmok32il4kC76PWgP eNFbSnw0fRZILvqqkq5qdlC9rSNg8rSvQfnanzh/KjqlwXYMhNy+xK1KqPLrQlYZ N3fJLGysmEX2rKUaYdtx =ZF0E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
