Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-27 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Raphael Hertzog wrote: So I guess the request is that dpkg-deb doesn't complain about X-* fields created with XB-X-* in debian/control. That looks reasonable indeed. Should that be documented

Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-25 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Jari Aalto wrote: The right way to include a field in the .deb is to use fields named XB-*. What doesn't work with such fields that would require this patch ? Let me put it this way: Make the X-field default to mean the same as XB-field, where field is

Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-25 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Raphael Hertzog wrote: So I guess the request is that dpkg-deb doesn't complain about X-* fields created with XB-X-* in debian/control. That looks reasonable indeed. Should that be documented somewhere ? I'd suggest section 5.7 User-defined fields

Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-24 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Apparently noone objected to the wish itself. The attached patch implements it. Could it be incorporated into the next dpkg? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / with kind regards Nils Rennebarth, Software Developer -- Funkwerk IP-Appliances GmbH Mönchhaldenstraße 28 D-70191 Stuttgart Tel: +49 711

Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-24 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: Apparently noone objected to the wish itself. Well, not all bugs have proper response/analysis due to the high number of bugs that we handle. Sorry for that, it doesn't mean that every wishlist is correct and makes sense. The attached patch

Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-24 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Raphael Hertzog wrote: The attached patch implements it. Could it be incorporated into the next dpkg? Not until you have explained what this would be used for. The right way to include a field in the .deb is to use fields named XB-*. What doesn't work with such

Bug#353040: patch to fullfill wish

2009-03-24 Thread Jari Aalto
Raphael Hertzog hert...@debian.org writes: On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Nils Rennebarth wrote: Apparently noone objected to the wish itself. Well, not all bugs have proper response/analysis due to the high number of bugs that we handle. Sorry for that, it doesn't mean that every wishlist is correct