Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal [ moving here a discussion started on #debian-dak ]
It seems that the Release file for the backports suite is the only one not having a "Suite:" entry which is independent from the actual release name: $ find . -name *Release | xargs egrep '^(Codename|Suite):' ./sid/Release:Suite: unstable ./sid/Release:Codename: sid ./jessie/Release:Suite: testing ./jessie/Release:Codename: jessie ./squeeze-proposed-updates/Release:Suite: oldstable-proposed-updates ./squeeze-proposed-updates/Release:Codename: squeeze-proposed-updates ./experimental/Release:Suite: experimental ./experimental/Release:Codename: experimental ./squeeze-updates/Release:Suite: oldstable-updates ./squeeze-updates/Release:Codename: squeeze-updates ./jessie-proposed-updates/Release:Suite: testing-proposed-updates ./jessie-proposed-updates/Release:Codename: jessie-proposed-updates ./wheezy/Release:Suite: stable ./wheezy/Release:Codename: wheezy ./wheezy-proposed-updates/Release:Suite: proposed-updates ./wheezy-proposed-updates/Release:Codename: wheezy-proposed-updates ./wheezy-updates/Release:Suite: stable-updates ./wheezy-updates/Release:Codename: wheezy-updates ./squeeze/Release:Suite: oldstable ./squeeze/Release:Codename: squeeze ./wheezy-backports/Release:Suite: wheezy-backports ./wheezy-backports/Release:Codename: wheezy-backports as you can see from the last 2 lines, both Suite and Codename are set to "wheezy-backports" whereas, to be consistent with the rest, the suite should be something like "stable-backports". In addition to the lack of consistency, currently there seems to be no way to mirror (or APT pin on) backports in a way that does not require hard-coding the "wheezy" release name. (Well, the "stable-backports" symlink does exist on mirrors, but decent mirroring tools prefer to trust the content of Release files, and for good reasons). Is this fixable for Wheezy? I guess not, because there might be people pinning on "Suite: wheezy-backports"... But it would be nice to fix this for jessie and on. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
