Charles Plessy <[email protected]> writes: > Le Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 09:31:24AM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt a écrit: >> The Checksums-{SHA1,SHA256} fields were optional when they were >> documented in Policy[1], but by now dak requires Checksums-{SHA1,SHA256} >> to be present and listing all files in both .dsc and .changes files. >> >> [1] <http://bugs.debian.org/478295#73> >> >> I suggest replacing both 'should's with 'must' in the paragraph quoted >> above. > > Thanks a lot for the feedback ! How about the following patch ? Instead > of replacing shoulds by musts, it: > > - Replaces "required" by "mandatory" in the list of fields for the Debian > source control and Debian changes files. > > - Removes the "shoulds" that I think are misleading. Even if the fields > were still only recommended, I think that they must not be used for > other purposes or with another syntax. [...] > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ Package: libc6 > <item><qref > id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> > (recommended)</item> > <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et > al</qref></item> > <item><qref id="f-Checksums"><tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> > - and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt></qref> (recommended)</item> > + and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item> > <item><qref id="f-Files"><tt>Files</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item> > </list> > </p> > @@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ Package: libc6 > <item><qref id="f-Closes"><tt>Closes</tt></qref></item> > <item><qref id="f-Changes"><tt>Changes</tt></qref> > (mandatory)</item> > <item><qref id="f-Checksums"><tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt> > - and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt></qref> (recommended)</item> > + and <tt>Checksums-Sha256</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item> > <item><qref id="f-Files"><tt>Files</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item> > </list> > </p> > @@ -3741,9 +3741,9 @@ Checksums-Sha256: > </p> > > <p> > - In the <file>.dsc</file> file, these fields should list all > + In the <file>.dsc</file> file, these fields list all > files that make up the source package. In > - the <file>.changes</file> file, these fields should list all > + the <file>.changes</file> file, these fields list all > files being uploaded. The list of files in these fields > must match the list of files in the <tt>Files</tt> field. > </p>
Yes, that's better than my suggestion. Seconded. Ansgar
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