Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.3.1 Severity: wishlist Control: block -1 by 654958 X-Debbugs-Cc: "Bernhard R. Link" <brl...@debian.org>, c...@packages.debian.org
Hi, Bernhard R. Link wrote[1]: >> + <p> >> + The field name identifies the VCS. The field's value uses the >> + version control system's conventional syntax for describing >> + repository locations and should be sufficient to locate the >> + repository used for packaging. Ideally, it also locates the >> + branch used for development of new versions of the Debian >> + package. >> + </p> >> + <p> >> + In the case of Git, the value consists of a URL, optionally >> + followed by the word <tt>-b</tt> and the name of a branch in >> + the indicated repository, following the syntax of the >> + <tt>git clone</tt> command. If no branch is specified, the >> + packaging should be on the default branch. >> + </p> > > Why only document git and not the syntax of the other fields? > > cvs: a identifier suiteable for cvs -d (i.e. usually starting with :pserver:), > followed by an optional module name (seperated by a space). > > I think it might also make sense to explicitly request that the fields should > describe an anonymous checkout. Thanks. Filing so it's not forgetten. (If someone wants to prepare an exact paragraph that can be cut-and-pasted into policy, all the better, of course.) Hope that helps, Jonathan [1] http://bugs.debian.org/654958#134 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
