Bug#690293: Policy 5.6.24: Checksums-{SHA1,SHA256} are required by the archive software
 

Package: debian-policy
Severity: minor

Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> writes:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Checksums
>
> In the .dsc file, these fields should list all files that make up the source
> package. In the .changes file, these fields should list all files being
> uploaded. The list of files in these fields must match the list of files in the
> Files field.

The Checksums-{SHA1,SHA256} fields were optional when they were
documented in Policy[1], but by now dak requires Checksums-{SHA1,SHA256}
to be present and listing all files in both .dsc and .changes files.

[1] <http://bugs.debian.org/478295#73>

I suggest replacing both 'should's with 'must' in the paragraph quoted
above.

Ansgar


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