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

2009-03-30 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging > > system. To avoid conflicts of user defined fields with field that may > > be used by debian in the future, we suggest to use field names >

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

2009-03-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Nils Rennebarth writes: > Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging system. To > avoid conflicts of user defined fields with field that may be used by > debian in the future, we suggest to use field names starting with X- (so > you need to put X[BCS]-X-foo into the control file

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

2009-03-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Mar 30 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > Please add something along the following lines to the section 5.7 > "User defined fields" to the debian policy manual: > > Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging > system. To avoid conflicts of user defined fields with field tha

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

2009-03-30 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.0.1 > Severity: wishlist > > Please add something along the following lines to the section 5.7 > "User defined fields" to the debian policy manual: > > Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging

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

2009-03-30 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Nils Rennebarth wrote: Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: wishlist Please add something along the following lines to the section 5.7 "User defined fields" to the debian policy manual: Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging system. To avoid conflicts of user

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

2009-03-30 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: wishlist Please add something along the following lines to the section 5.7 "User defined fields" to the debian policy manual: Usually, unknown fields are iggnored by the debian packaging system. To avoid conflicts of user defined fields with field