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List: debian-devel
Subject: Re: Another take on package relationship substvars
From: Sam Hartman <hartmans () debian ! org>
Date: 2024-02-22 21:39:31
Message-ID: tsly1bcnppo.fsf () suchdamage ! org
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>>>>> "Niels" == Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> writes:
Niels> # The proposal
Niels> I think our package helper tooling should just automatically
Niels> aggregate all provided substvars of the format ${*:Depends}
Niels> and append it the Depends field. Rinse and repeat for other
Niels> relationship fields.
Niels> The list of fields where this is applied would be curated, so
Niels> it only applies to known relationship fields where we feel it
Niels> makes sense. My starting list would be:
Niels> * Any dependency field, that is: Pre-Depends, Depends,
Niels> Recommends, and Suggests
Niels> * The Provides field.
I think you should explicitly mention Enhances, and suggest that it be
included even though I am unaware of uses. I'd be fine though with
saying Enhances is not currently included.
I think this proposal makes a lot of sense.
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