Re: Bug#521810: debian-policy: Document user defined fields starting with X-

2009-05-16 Thread Guillem Jover
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 12:11:04 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Guillem Jover wrote: > > Another option could be to add a new modifier, like P(rivate) or > > U(ser), to be used like XPBS-Field: which would preserve the X-. But > > then you need a new enough dpkg-dev to be able t

Re: Bug#521810: debian-policy: Document user defined fields starting with X-

2009-04-30 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Guillem Jover wrote: > Another option could be to add a new modifier, like P(rivate) or > U(ser), to be used like XPBS-Field: which would preserve the X-. But > then you need a new enough dpkg-dev to be able to get that field. I like that idea. It's not a big deal to have to u

Re: Bug#521810: debian-policy: Document user defined fields starting with X-

2009-04-29 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 12:03:09 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > > If you're going to standardize a prefix that's purely for private, > > internal use and will never, ever be standardized in any fashion, could I > > convince you (and Nils) to use a pref

Re: Bug#521810: debian-policy: Document user defined fields starting with X-

2009-03-31 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: >> If you're going to standardize a prefix that's purely for private, >> internal use and will never, ever be standardized in any fashion, could I >> convince you (and Nils) to use a prefix other than X-? E-mail has >> poisoned the

Re: Bug#521810: debian-policy: Document user defined fields starting with X-

2009-03-31 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > If you're going to standardize a prefix that's purely for private, > internal use and will never, ever be standardized in any fashion, could I > convince you (and Nils) to use a prefix other than X-? E-mail has > poisoned the well on X-, and now people re