> Sometimes we need to report an RM bug against ftp.debian.org to remove > a binary package which is no longer built. > > reportbug deals with this in the interface for ftp.debian.org, asking > you for the name of the which package you want removed. > > But then after you specify the binary package that needs to be > removed, reportbug switches the Subject for the bug report to the > source package instead of the binary package. This means the package > needing removal is misrepresented and there is a danger the ftp team > will remove the entire source package. Not the outcome we want. > > A recent example is #907513 requesting to remove mshr-demos. > reportbug altered the Subject to mark mshr for removal instead of > mshr-demos. (Fortunately Adrian Bunk saw and corrected the mistake).
I'd be ok to remove the implicit conversion from binary to source package when dealing with ftp.debian.org bugs (https://salsa.debian.org/reportbug-team/reportbug/blob/master/reportbug/debbugs.py#L267-271) but i need FTP masters to accept the change, here in CC Thanks, -- Sandro "morph" Tosi My website: http://sandrotosi.me/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+SandroTosi