Package: libmarkaby-ruby1.8 Severity: minor User: [email protected] Usertags: homepage-field
[ This is an automated bug report, part of the mass bug filing discussed at <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/02/msg00367.html>. The submitter is Stefano Zacchiroli, reachable at <[email protected]>. ] According to lintian, libmarkaby-ruby1.8 uses its long description to point to upstream homepage, following an old Developer's Reference recommendation. That practice has various drawbacks, including the inability to automatically process homepage information from package-related services such as packages.d.o, the PTS, etc. Starting from version 1.14.6, dpkg supports Homepage: as a regular field in debian/control. You can check Debian Policy § 5.6.23 for more information <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Homepage> Please remove the deprecated pseudo header from the long description of libmarkaby-ruby1.8 and turn it into a regular debian/control field. In case of multiple binary packages, doing so would also allow to factor out homepage information into the source stanza of debian/control, instead of repeating it in each binary stanza. Cheers.
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