Quoting Gioele Barabucci (2026-01-24 22:38:08) > On 24/01/26 04:16, Simon Richter wrote: > >> However this level of support is not clear to drive-by contributors. > > > > Even drive-by contributors, seldom as they are, should read > > debian/README.source. > > `d/README.source` has already been suggested as a possible location for > this information, but I think that the other two options (namely, a file > under `d/source/` or a field in `d/control`) are both better than > `d/README.source`. > > Let me explain. `d/README.source` is already used as a free-form way to > convey information about the source. It's not machine readable nor is > its content standardized. And that is fine. Now the point of this > proposal is to have a _standardized_ and _machine readable_ way to > express support for old Debian releases. Having this information in > `d/README.source` would mean mixing it with the existing free-form data. > That's a parsing nightmare that I would avoid.
debian/copyright was also not machine-readable, until we chose to do it optionally. If we add the machine-readable information somewhere else, then we need to keep two places in sync. If we optionally add a YAML header area to README.source then humans and machines alike need only look at one place. -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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