Bug#807264: dpkg: Please allow negative Architecture lists in debian/control

2016-03-08 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Guillem, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 08:27:32 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > > There was a time where gnudatalanguage didn't build on exactly one > > architecture (arm64): See https://bugs.debian.org/803552 and > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-astro/packages/gnudatalang

Bug#807264: dpkg: Please allow negative Architecture lists in debian/control

2016-03-08 Thread Guillem Jover
On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 08:27:32 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > Guillem Jover wrote: > > Can you present a case where using a negative specification would be > > more correct than a positive one? > > "More correct" maybe not (not sure what "more correct" means as > "correct" is boolean for me), but su

Bug#807264: dpkg: Please allow negative Architecture lists in debian/control

2016-03-07 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi Guillem, Guillem Jover wrote: > This was filed some time ago. Hrm, seem to have missed that one. > Can you present a case where using a negative specification would be > more correct than a positive one? "More correct" maybe not (not sure what "more correct" means as "correct" is boolean for

Bug#807264: dpkg: Please allow negative Architecture lists in debian/control

2016-03-07 Thread Guillem Jover
Control: merge 797347 -1 On Sun, 2015-12-06 at 21:49:52 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.18.3 > Severity: wishlist > it's rather tedious to find the correct "Architecture:" value for a > binary package -- and also to keep it uptodate with the growing list of > architecture

Bug#807264: dpkg: Please allow negative Architecture lists in debian/control

2015-12-06 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: dpkg Version: 1.18.3 Severity: wishlist Dear Guillem, it's rather tedious to find the correct "Architecture:" value for a binary package -- and also to keep it uptodate with the growing list of architecture -- if only one or two architectures need to be excluded. It would be very conven