Bug#525151: Clarify format of source package name

2009-04-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 16:40:34 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 0140043..144cbfb 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -2588,6 +2588,14 @@ Package: libc6 > package control file when the source package has the same > nam

Bug#525151: Clarify format of source package name

2009-04-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Colin Watson writes: > It seems to me that it would be simplest just to copy the text from > 5.6.7 (Package) to 5.6.1 (Source). Technically this imposes a new > requirement on source packages that's slightly stricter than that > imposed by dpkg-source, which from my brief reading of the code woul

Bug#525151: Clarify format of source package name

2009-04-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:45:23PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hello, > > Policy 5.6.7. `Package' defines "The name of the binary package.", but > it does not seem that the format of source package names is restricte

Bug#525151: Clarify format of source package name

2009-04-22 Thread Enrico Zini
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.1.0 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello, Policy 5.6.7. `Package' defines "The name of the binary package.", but it does not seem that the format of source package names is restricted anythere. Sanity as well as, I'd say, common use, would say source has the s