On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 05:40:55AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:27:00PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >> Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > >>> Can you please chang the bug control file to use: > >>> Submit-As: src:linux-2.6 > >>> instead of the current: > >>> Submit-As: linux-2.6 > >> > >> What would be the benefit? > > > > That it's filed against an existing package, something the BTS > > actually knows about? > > To avoid confusion when people misfile bugs about a source package, > it seems that the BTS invents a fake <package> binary package for any > source package <package>.
>From where do you get that that is actually supported? Are you sure it's not just a bug somewhere in the BTS that it seems to work? Maybe you should talk to Don about this? > That's why > > http://bugs.debian.org/src:linux-2.6 > > lists kernel bugs filed against the linux-2.6 binary package, too, > even though there is no actual linux-2.6 binary package in Debian. > > So if that's the reason behind this proposal, I'm tempted to just > close it. The change would involve taking a risk with no upside to > balance it. What risk? Would it be more clear that reportbug sends: Source: linux-2.6 instead of: Package: src:linux-2.6 (I don't know if it supports it, the BTS does for ages.) Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
