Le Wed, May 14, 2025 at 10:59:48AM +0200, PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel a écrit : > > d/upstream/metadata (what for ?)
Hi! When I created debian/upstream.metadata I intended that would contain metadata that is not required for package building and that can change or grow independently of the source code, for instance URLs to donation/sponsor pages, bibliographic references, upstream VCS URL, etc. At the core of my original design, there was the idea that this file is reachable through the Debian source VCS, which is documented in debian/control, an that changes in these files can be monitored directly from there, ahead of package updates. Because rebuilding a package just for adding information on how to pay a coffee to the developer is not very logical, if one things about it from a different point of view. I wrote a collector which failed to be stable, and Andreas replaced it with a more pragmatic solution that feeds some of the data to the UDD so that websites can display fresh information. Also, the file was moved to debian/upstream because somebody envisionned that this directory would be populated by more files in the future. https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata That's pretty much where we are now. This was done in the pre-Salsa time, and if people get excited about the concept, I guess that Salsa offers new opportunities to play with the concept! Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Nagahama, Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan Debian Med packaging team http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med Tooting from home https://framapiaf.org/@charles_plessy - You do not have my permission to use this email to train an AI -
