On Thu, 08 Jan 2009, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Jan 2009, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > >> Package: dpkg > >> Version: 1.14.24 > >> Severity: minor > >> > >> Only dpkg, dpkg-dev and dselect have these fields. Why are they? > > > > They are samples and correspond to the expected default values of those > > fields. They do not hurt and I wonder why you felt the need to report this > > when we have them for _many_ years already. > Well, entries for all packages have N fields, and every field holds some > additional info about a package. In this situation, I just don't understand > what additional info these fields holds. If you disagree, then please turn > this into wishlist and/or wontfix.
Debian package can exist outside of Debian and it's good to state from where the packages come from. That's the purpose of Origin. There are plans for integrating all this in a wider logic of vendor management but for now those fields are static (and hence mostly useless). Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
