Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-06-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Cyril Brulebois writes: > Russ Allbery (01/06/2010): >> +Specifying a list of architecture wildcards indicates that >> +the source will build an architecture-dependent package on >> +the union of the lists of architectures from the expansion >> +of each specified

Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-06-02 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Russ Allbery (01/06/2010): > + Specifying a list of architecture wildcards indicates that > + the source will build an architecture-dependent package on > + the union of the lists of architectures from the expansion > + of each specified architecture wildcard, and w

Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-06-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Kurt Roeckx writes: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:41:15AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> -architectures separated by spaces. If any or >> -all appear, they must be the entire contents of the >> -field. > [...] >> +spaces. If all appears, that value must be the >>

Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-06-01 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:41:15AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > - architectures separated by spaces. If any or > - all appear, they must be the entire contents of the > - field. [...] > + spaces. If all appears, that value must be the > + entire contents o

Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-05-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:17:39AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> -program should be made portable instead. >> +package, this field may contain special value all or > ^ > en_RU? :) Should be 'the spec

Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-05-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 10:17:39AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > In the main debian/control file in the source > - package, this field may contain the special value > - any, the special value all, or a list of > - architectures separated by spaces. If an

Bug#530687: Support for architecture wildcards

2010-05-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Here's a new wording proposal for this bug based on Manoj's previous patch with some minor modifications from subsequent discussion. I'm looking for seconds; this material is rather overdue for making it into Policy. diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index ab8fedf..3c3d556 100644 --- a/polic