Bug#736760: uscan: debian/upstream/ (directory) vs. debian/upstream (file)

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:05:35 -0500, James McCoy wrote:

> > This seems to conflict with the debian/upstream file, as decribed in
> > https://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamMetadata
> > http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep12/
> I think it was an unfortunate choice for DEP-12 to claim the
> debian/upstream name as a file instead of transitioning from
> debian/upstream-metadata.yml to debian/upstream/….  I hadn't heard about
> this file until you mentioned, but I had multiple people make the
> suggestion of placing the signing key under debian/upstream/ and some
> suggest that it would be nice to move the watch file there.

Ack, debian/upstream as a file is probably not the best solution;
something like debian/upstream/metadata might fit in nicely in the
scheme.
 
> There are existing source packages, although only 9 from my quick
> search, using debian/upstream/ already, which may or may not be in
> conflict with claiming debian/upstream/ as a place to keep “interesting”
> information about the upstream project.

And 4 more on my harddisk, not yet uploaded :)
 
> I realize this is a far cry from the ~280 source packages using
> debian/upstream as a file, however, I think it makes more sense to have
> debian/upstream/ (directory) rather than debian/upstream (file).  

Agreed.
I just wanted to point out the collision, not saying that the
debian/upstream/ is a bad idea.

> That
> allows for the possibility of placing other content under the namespace
> instead of solely what fits into the metadata that DEP-12 describes.

Right.
 
> My inclination is to mark this wontfix and offer some cycles to help
> transition DEP-12 related stuff to something that's compatible with
> devscripts' changes.

Sounds good from my POV.

Cc'ing Charles as "Monsieur UpstreamMetadata".


Cheers,
gregor


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