On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:11:01AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > * Using a different "Closes:" name, which just sidetracks the issue > if every derivative have to use a different name, this does not > scale. (Example: Maemo uses "Fixes:" instead of "Closes:" [1], > and there's a proposal in Ubuntu to do something similar with > a different name[3]).
FTR, the syntax agreed upon for Launchpad (and thus Ubuntu) is: LP: #xxx which is not arbitrary or ambiguous like fixes vs. closes. > [...] > which are wrong, ugly or may need a central registration place to avoid > collisions either in the mnemonic or the "alternative" closure syntax. > Probably the cleanest one is the "Closes Ubuntu:" approach. I don't see a problem with the approach we've chosen for Launchpad (which will also cover several Ubuntu derivatives). Likewise, I think that qualifying it with the distribution name is perfectly OK; that's already unique enough. > So I'd propose to extend the changelog format to add an optional origin > field in the header, then that information will be preserved after the > upload. Something like this: > > foo (1.0-2naibed2) quux; urgency=low, origin=naibed > [...] I think this is a fine idea, though orthogonal to what we're doing with Launchpad references in changelogs. > That origin could be matched against /etc/dpkg/origins. I'm attaching a > PoC patch with those change to dpkg. Probably we'd not want to output the > Origin field in the default mode (assuming Debian or local), instead of > the current implementation which outputs "Origin: debian". So comments > and other proposals welcome! I didn't see the patch, but bear in mind that it's not unusual to upload a package to Debian from an Ubuntu system or vice versa. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
