On Sat, 2017-01-28 at 05:47:44 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Fri, 2017-01-27 at 15:58:28 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I'm sorry that I'm reporting this bug now, due to happening to see the > > message on debian-dpkg. But really I think: > > > > * Changes to the .dsc format and hence to the Sources format should > > be discussed more widely than a bug on debian-dpkg. > > > > * Changes to the handling of autopkgtest (DEP-8) metadata should be > > discussed on autopkgtest-devel (or other DEP-8 related places). > > But I certainly agree that this should have probably been discussed > more widely, which is something I overlooked, sorry about that. And > agree completely with your two points above. So I'll be adding an > entry to the FAQ detailing the process to add new information to > the .dsc file (and probably to the .changes and other interchange > formats).
I've now updated the FAQ to include processes for field inclusions to .dsc and .changes files: <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ?action=diff&rev2=42&rev1=41> Thanks, Guillem
