Tag: invalid-field-for-derivative
Severity: error
Check: fields/derivatives
Explanation: The specified field in debian/control
does not match the
required format for this Debian derivative.
.
Derivative distributions of Debian may enforce additional restrictions
on such fields for many reasons including ensuring that:
.
- Debian maintainers are not contacted for forked or packages that
are otherwise modified by the derivative.
- The original maintainer is still credited for their work (eg. in a
XSBC-Original-Maintainer
field).
- References to revision control systems (eg. Vcs-Git
) are
pointing to the correct, updated location.
- Fields that become misleading in the context of a derivative are
removed.