On 2012-08-21 14:34:50 +0200 Andreas Tille wrote:> I
would propose the following addition to
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
>
> --- 8< -
> Files-Excluded
> --
>
> Whitespace-sepa
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.5.0.3
Severity: minor
Hi,
with regards to colons in version numbers, 5.6.12 states on the "epoch"
fragment:
"If it is omitted then the upstream_version may not contain any colons."
However, this seems superfluous, as it states on the "upstream_version"
fragmen
Hi Sean,
On 2020-09-29 02:22, Sean Whitton wrote:
> Technically superfluous but I think helpful to the reader, so I suggest
> we just keep it.
To be honest, as a reader, I found that to be the opposite. The "If
[epoch] is omitted" makes it sound as if there were an alternative
handling if it's no
Hi,
Policy 4.9.1 states that (emphases mine):
* "[nocheck] says not to *run* any build-time test suite"
* "[nodoc] says to skip any *build* steps"
My reading with regards to 'nocheck' was that where tests were available
and needed to be built, then they should always be built, just not run.
Hi Russ,
thanks for the fast reply!
On 2023-04-26 20:42, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Christian Kastner writes:
>> I thought this line of reasoning was sound, but then I remembered the
>> 'nodoc' tag and now I am no longer sure. Maybe I'm taking the 'nocheck'
&g
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.6.2.0
Severity: wishlist
Policy 5.6.30 lists the Testsuite field, but it doesn't list the
Testsuite-Triggers field that seems to be part of Sources files and is
generated by dpkg-source >= 1.18.8.
This field is quite useful, as given my package src:foo, I can fin
Hi Sean,
On 2024-03-30 02:35, Sean Whitton wrote:
>> I'd provide a patch based on the documentation in dsc(5), but I don't
>> know what the current process is. Does anyone have a link to a doc on
>> how to submit a change?
>
> There is a chapter of Policy regarding the Policy Changes Process.
ir
Hi again,
On 2024-03-29 20:30, Christian Kastner wrote:
> Policy 5.6.30 lists the Testsuite field, but it doesn't list the
> Testsuite-Triggers field that seems to be part of Sources files and is
> generated by dpkg-source >= 1.18.8.
>
> This field is quite useful, as give
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