> yes. This is tracked as this bug: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1072205 > > I have not yet heard an argument against somehow trying to make sure that > packages should not have the property of being unique by their > name/version/arch triplet. We just still lack the tooling to make sure that > new > packages do not violate this principle.
Thanks for the clarification. From that bug report, I derive that the same also applies to the source packages (with name/version tuple). Regarding checksums: I'm wondering if the uniqueness of name/version/arch triplets just refers to the content of a package, or also to the .dsc file with its signature. IOW: Should it be allowed to re-sign a .dsc file without changing the version? Here, I'm also considering the case that a package is copied from debian-security to debian. Maybe that could be documented as well, in case the decision is made. > > P.S.: Holger made me aware of this thread via IRC and I haven't seen any > mention of above bug yet, so here it goes. :) Thanks for forwarding. I was a bit unsure to which list to direct this message, but apparently people red it :) Felix -- Siemens AG Linux Expert Center Friedrich-Ludwig-Bauer-Str. 3 85748 Garching, Germany
