On Saturday, November 23, 2013 03:28:09 AM Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > reading the Launchpad bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1022824, > asking to add application/x-deb to /etc/mime.types, and giving the link to > another bug where it is mentionned that application/x-debian-package is > still in circulation, I wonder if it would make sense to register a proper > media type for Debian binary packages to the IANA. > > http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/mediatypes.pl > > This is a very simple procedure, for example we already have > text/vnd.debian.copyright there. > > http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/vnd.debian.copyright > > The media type for Debian binary packages would be something like > application/vnd.debian.binary or application/vnd.debian.binary-package. > > Any thoughts, comments, or volunteers ?
While at it it would be nice to also register link relations for the dependencies and reverse dependencies of a package. These links could be used in rfc5988 link headers. If we add canonical URIs for packages we could have a restful aptitude :-). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
