Add 'tasks' section

[debian/debian-policy.git] / policy.sgml

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index aa42b5d078c84b822aa89a1b04eeb7b931713432..8c654d1b3b85a8da40369414278f3e359a06c6f0 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -714,21 +714,62 @@
        <p>
          The Debian archive maintainers provide the authoritative
          list of sections.  At present, they are:
-         <em>admin</em>, <em>cli-mono</em>, <em>comm</em>, <em>database</em>,
-         <em>devel</em>, <em>debug</em>, <em>doc</em>, <em>editors</em>,
-         <em>education</em>, <em>electronics</em>, <em>embedded</em>,
-         <em>fonts</em>, <em>games</em>, <em>gnome</em>, <em>graphics</em>,
-         <em>gnu-r</em>, <em>gnustep</em>, <em>hamradio</em>, <em>haskell</em>,
-         <em>httpd</em>, <em>interpreters</em>, <em>introspection</em>,
-         <em>java</em>, <em>kde</em>, <em>kernel</em>, <em>libs</em>,
-         <em>libdevel</em>, <em>lisp</em>, <em>localization</em>,
-         <em>mail</em>, <em>math</em>, <em>metapackages</em>, <em>misc</em>,
-         <em>net</em>, <em>news</em>, <em>ocaml</em>, <em>oldlibs</em>,
-         <em>otherosfs</em>, <em>perl</em>, <em>php</em>, <em>python</em>,
-         <em>ruby</em>, <em>science</em>, <em>shells</em>, <em>sound</em>,
-         <em>tex</em>, <em>text</em>, <em>utils</em>, <em>vcs</em>,
-         <em>video</em>, <em>web</em>, <em>x11</em>, <em>xfce</em>,
-         <em>zope</em>.  The additional section <em>debian-installer</em>
+admin,
+cli-mono,
+comm,
+database,
+debug,
+devel,
+doc,
+editors,
+education,
+electronics,
+embedded,
+fonts,
+games,
+gnome,
+gnu-r,
+gnustep,
+graphics,
+hamradio,
+haskell,
+httpd,
+interpreters,
+introspection,
+java,
+kde,
+kernel,
+libdevel,
+libs,
+lisp,
+localization,
+mail,
+math,
+metapackages,
+misc,
+net,
+news,
+ocaml,
+oldlibs,
+otherosfs,
+perl,
+php,
+python,
+ruby,
+science,
+shells,
+sound,
+tasks,
+tex,
+text,
+utils,
+vcs,
+video,
+web,
+x11,
+xfce,
+zope.
+         The additional section <em>debian-installer</em>
          contains special packages used by the installer and is not used
          for normal Debian packages.
        </p>
@@ -2631,6 +2672,7 @@ Package: libc6
            <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et al</qref></item>
            <item><qref id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
            <item><qref id="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref></item>
+           <item><qref id="f-VCS-fields"><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>, et al.</qref></item>
          </list>
        </p>
 
@@ -2725,6 +2767,7 @@ Package: libc6
          <item><qref id="f-Uploaders"><tt>Uploaders</tt></qref></item>
          <item><qref id="f-DM-Upload-Allowed"><tt>DM-Upload-Allowed</tt></qref></item>
          <item><qref id="f-Homepage"><tt>Homepage</tt></qref></item>
+         <item><qref id="f-VCS-fields"><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>, et al.</qref></item>
          <item><qref id="f-Standards-Version"><tt>Standards-Version</tt></qref> (recommended)</item>
          <item><qref id="sourcebinarydeps"><tt>Build-Depends</tt> et al</qref></item>
          <item><qref id="f-Checksums"><tt>Checksums-Sha1</tt>
@@ -3739,6 +3782,53 @@ Checksums-Sha256:
            details.
          </p>
        </sect1>
+
+       <sect1 id="f-VCS-fields">
+         <heading>Version Control System (VCS) fields</heading>
+
+         <p>
+           Debian source packages are increasingly developed using VCSs.  The
+           purpose of the following fields is to indicate a publicly accessible
+           repository where the Debian source package is developed.
+
+           <taglist>
+             <tag><tt>Vcs-Browser</tt></tag>
+             <item>
+               <p>
+                 URL of a web interface for browsing the repository.
+               </p>
+             </item>
+
+             <tag>
+               <tt>Vcs-Arch</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Bzr</tt> (Bazaar), <tt>Vcs-Cvs</tt>,
+               <tt>Vcs-Darcs</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Git</tt>, <tt>Vcs-Hg</tt>
+               (Mercurial), <tt>Vcs-Mtn</tt> (Monotone), <tt>Vcs-Svn</tt>
+               (Subversion)
+             </tag>
+             <item>
+               <p>
+                 The field name identifies the VCS. The field's value uses the
+                 version control system's conventional syntax for describing
+                 repository locations and should be sufficient to locate the
+                 repository used for packaging. Ideally, it also locates the
+                 branch used for development of new versions of the Debian
+                 package.
+               </p>
+               <p>
+                 In the case of Git, the value consists of a URL, optionally
+                 followed by the word <tt>-b</tt> and the name of a branch in
+                 the indicated repository, following the syntax of the
+                 <tt>git clone</tt> command.  If no branch is specified, the
+                 packaging should be on the default branch.
+               </p>
+               <p>
+                 More than one different VCS may be specified for the same
+                 package.
+               </p>
+             </item>
+           </taglist>
+         </p>
+       </sect1>
       </sect>
 
       <sect>