> > > Origin: Debian > > > Bugs-To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Which is clearly entirely reasonable and legitimate. > > > > No, it's not. If you want to make a package special instead of making it > > an integral part of Debian change the Origin tag. > > What? It comes from Debian and has an alternate bug location. What exactly > is wrong with that? So what should I use for an origin tag in this case?
Wouldn't having reports go to an alternate location prevent the report from going into the official bts? This happening seems to be what you are arguing against here: > > > This was brought up before too -- Debian packages probably should not be > > > tagged at all. Otherwise derived distributions will have to go and > > > unset/reset this which means a full dist recompile! > > > > They can just change the /etc/dpkg/origins/debian file. > > Screw those packages that are actually from Debian eh? Nice hack. which I agree is a serious problem. Britton
