Hello. > > It would help greatly if `dpkg-source` reported native or non-native > > package type. > > > > -dpkg-source: info: using source format '1.0' > > +dpkg-source: info: using non-native source format '1.0' > > While I think something like this would be nice, unfortunately I'm afraid > this cannot be done right now, because there are still package at least > in Debian that have a mismatched version format compared to their source > format.
In that case `dpkg-source` could throw a warning about ambiguity. > > It would be nice to see a reference algorithm that detects different package > > types. It would help people like me to troubleshoot issues with Debian > > packaging faster. > > It would be nice, and I've been trying to get there, but see above. I still don't see why `dpkg-source` should not produce helpful messages while there are some other packages that fail validation.
