On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:33:05PM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.0.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Currently it is impossible to verify when a source package is mistakenly > uploaded in debian-native source format (.tar.gz + .dsc) instead of > non-native source format (.orig.tar.gz + .diff.gz + .dsc). > > Such broken uploads are reasonably common (someone gave me a figure of about > 10 per dinstall run in IRC). They not only make a mess in the archive, but > also cause bandwidth loss as the next upload will have to include the entire > source .tar.gz (or .orig.tar.gz if the maintainer notices the mistake and > tries to go back to non-native source format). > > Should debian-native *source* packages (.tar.gz + .dsc) be forbidden to > include a debian revision field, the problem would be detectable, and both > lintian and katie (dinstall) could be made to flag such uploads as improper. > > Universal diff of the proposed change in policy text is attached below.
What if upstream has a xx.xx-x version numbering? That's perfectly legitimate. My suggestion, find the code to dinstall on auric, and patch it to detect when a new upload changes from debian-revision to native (going native to Debian revision shouldn't be a problem, and not require being detected). IMO, if such a change is valid, and key needs to be added to the .dsc to let dinstall know it is ok. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
