Bug#756876: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl: dpkg-copyright model and https

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 19:19:34 -0400, David Prévot wrote:

> > 00:51 <taffit> Well, the Format documented in 
> >                https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ doesn’t use https either.
> 
> > I guess allowing https:// would make sense, since the copyright-format
> > specification is now also reachable via https://.
> 
> Maybe amending the copyright format to allow https in the Format field
> would be a first step then (i.e., I disagree there is something to fix
> in libconfig-model-dpkg-perl currently).

I thought a bit (ok, very briefly) about this; and my understanding
of C-F 1.0 is that
- "Format: " uses the URL of the specification it uses
  (which can be anything and anywhere but also
  https://www.debian.org/...)
- It says that http://www.debian.org/.. 'should' be used, so https://
  is not completely unthinkable :)

The funny thing is http:// doesn't work anymore due to the redirect.

So, I agree that the URL should be updated in the spec, but
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl might as well start to allow https:// right
now.

Should we open a policy bug for s/http/https/ in the spec?


Cheers,
gregor

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