On 8/20/07, Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that the homepage of a software might change but I really think > that the homepage changes much less frequently as the version of the > package which makes the change of the homepage a managable issue in > normal package maintainance process. For those packages that change > not that frequently (perhaps orphaned) whe would have a further grip > on the software because we could use a link checker in addition to > uscan (provided there is a watch file) to verify whether the software > can be located as expected. Filing a bug report about wrong homepage > might be a good reason to recompile the software to a new package which > is a reasonable quality check for packages that are not touched very > offen. So IMHO it is a very good reason to include the homepage into > the package _because_ it changes separately.
Another advantage of having the homepages managed externally is that, like debtags, it can be a collaborative process that can be done by anyone, even Debian users. This is probably more of a reason than that it can change externally to the package. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
