On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:49:00AM +0200, Carsten Block wrote: > On Thursday 11 April 2002 10:41, Eric Estievenart wrote: > > Package: dpkg > > Version: 1.9.20 > > "There is no simple way to access a package/project homepage > > from the debian package description pages > > > > A link to the project homepage would be really appreciable and helpful, > > for example when you are reading the DWN which has links pointing to > > these pages. > > I agree, a link to the project hompage - anywhere in the package - would be > helpful. It's often I want to have a look to a projects homepage and some are > not easy to find.
/usr/share/doc/<pkg>/copyright should contain the URL where the package was downloaded from. I agree though that we need a few extra fields in the package metadata. IMO, we need: Download: <tarball URL> HomePage: <URL to project if it exists> License: <packages license> There's probably some more, but these come to mind. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
