Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-24 Thread Aurelien Jarno
t; > > Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#846970: Patch to document > > Build-Indep-Architecture field"): > >> > +``Build-Indep-Architecture`` > >> > + > >> > + > >> > +Specification of architectures on which th

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-19 Thread Guillem Jover
On Fri, 2018-06-15 at 19:05:17 +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: > Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture > field"): > > > +``Build-Indep-Architecture`` > > > + > Zooming out a bit: > > We

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-16 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello Steve, On Fri, Jun 15 2018, Steve Langasek wrote: > Both of the above are real-world examples that I've encountered where > Build-Indep-Architecture would be useful. But I know of no packages > that would benefit from '!amd64' as a specification. > > In the first example, instead of

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 07:05:17PM +0100, Sean Whitton wrote: > Thank you for this analysis. > My original expectation was that the most common use of the field would > be of the form > Build-Indep-Architecture: !amd64 I can't imagine why anyone would ever actually specify this. A more

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-15 Thread Simon McVittie
On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 at 18:16:47 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > +Specification of architectures on which the architecture-independent > > > +binary packages are known to be buildable and/or not buildable. If > > > +this field is not specified, it defaults to ``any``, matching all > > > +Debian

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-15 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 -patch [CCing those involved in the original discussion, and wanna-build team, in case they object to my proposal below to just close this bug] Hello, On Fri, Jun 15 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field"): > > +``Build-Indep-Architecture`` > > + > > + > > +Specification of architectures on which the architecture-independent > > +b

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-15 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Thu, Jun 14 2018, Jess Hall wrote: > How about "You should not specify that the packages are buildable on > only one architecture."? This is better than what I wrote, thanks, Jess. Here is the updated and rebased patch for seconding: > policy/ch-controlfields.rst | 27

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2018-06-14 Thread Jess Hall
On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 Sean Whitton wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14 2017, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 11:15:10AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > >> +maintainer's control. The specification should entail that the > >> +architecture-independent packages are buildable on at least two > >>

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2017-10-14 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sat, Oct 14 2017, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 11:15:10AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: >> I am seeking seconds for the following patch. > > Thank you for working on this! Thank you for the review, though I don't believe I need to update my patch in light of your

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2017-10-14 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 11:15:10AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > I am seeking seconds for the following patch. Thank you for working on this! > - I've included the ability to specify the architectures on which the > package is known /not/ to build. This seems useful because in many > cases

Bug#846970: Patch to document Build-Indep-Architecture field

2017-10-14 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 +patch Hello, I am seeking seconds for the following patch. Comments: - I've made the two architecture requirement a 'should', because I agree that we might otherwise end up with "amd64" being the only value anyone uses for this field. But perhaps it should be a