This is a draft, it might end up being deleted if it does not make sense.
This list (probably non-exhaustive) tries to track software that handles Deb822 formatted control files directly, and their level of support for the format.
The tables are sorted somewhat by position on the stack and/or order of importance. Missing support information includes: ??.
Fields
Dependency syntax
Legend
- Homepage: Supports the field.
- Testsuite: Supports the field, as per the autopkgtest spec.
<profile>: Supports the build profiles extended syntax on dependency fields, as per the BuildProfileSpec.
- multi-arch: Supports the field and its semantics, as per the Multiarch spec.
arch-qual «:arch»: Supports this arch-qualifier, as per the Multiarch spec.
- arch-qual «:any»: Supports this arch-qualifier, as per the Multiarch spec.
arch-qual «:native»: Supports this arch-qualifier, as per the ?MultiArchCross spec.