Package: debian-policy
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
I think the Homepage field for debian/control is now official - at least it
isn't documented in the policy right now. So here - a little patch which would
fix that.
Regards,
diff -Naur debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml
debian-policy-3.7.2.2.homepage/policy.sgml
--- debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml 2006-10-03 00:36:50.000000000 +0200
+++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2.homepage/policy.sgml 2007-11-20 14:11:58.000000000
+0100
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@
<item><qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref id="f-Section"><tt>Section</tt></qref>
(recommended)</item>
<item><qref id="f-Priority"><tt>Priority</tt></qref>
(recommended)</item>
+ <item><qred if="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref>
(recommended)</item>
<item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et
al</qref></item>
<item><qref
id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
</list>
@@ -2275,6 +2276,7 @@
<item><qref id="f-Binary"><tt>Binary</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref id="f-Architecture"><tt>Architecture</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et
al</qref></item>
+ <item><qred id="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref></item>
<item><qref
id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
<item><qref id="f-Files"><tt>Files</tt></qref> (mandatory)</item>
</list>
@@ -2449,6 +2451,21 @@
</p>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="f-Homepage">
+ <heading><tt>Homepage</tt></heading>
+
+ <p>
+ URL to the Upstream homepage
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Most upstream projects from the upstream have got a website, it can
+ be helpful for the users to provide it as an information.
+ The field should look like that:
+ <tt>Homepage: http://www.debian.org</tt>
+ </p>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="f-Package">
<heading><tt>Package</tt></heading>
diff -Naur debian-policy-3.7.2.2/version.ent
debian-policy-3.7.2.2.homepage/version.ent
--- debian-policy-3.7.2.2/version.ent 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ debian-policy-3.7.2.2.homepage/version.ent 2007-11-20 14:05:05.000000000
+0100
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<!entity version "3.7.2.2">
+<!entity date "2007-11-20">
