[You (Yann Dirson)] >However, I would strongly advise not to use a standalone file like old >.du files and .md5sums: the largest part of these files is occupied by >the filenames, which are already profided by .list files. > >I'd suggest that we evolve towards a new generic control-file (say >package.fileinfo), that will possibly evolve with time, as need for >new/alternate info arise. As an example, it could look like: > >==== ># name:md5sum:size >/a/file:236d8059a2244a31aacc8e127e86f5c0:1234 >/another/file:236d8059a2244a31aacc8e127e86f5c0:5678 >====
Hmmm. While I agree with we should probably rip up the control file syntax for Debian 2.1, I disagree that we should invent a restrictive, proprietary format such as this. Instead, I think we should use a controlled SGML/XML DTD and let the control files instance the data that way. Let's embrace open standards and open-ended architectures as deeply as we can. .....A. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
