On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 03:24:09PM -0500, Curtis Hovey wrote: > > I think instead we could just allow the links to be done to > > distribution, and where possible the annotation with distroseries is > > added, where it's not available, just let it be. > > I do not see how this helps. We still need to register every > distribution, and it is clear, user do not care about every > distribution. They barely give a toss for Debian.
Why do we /need/ to register every distribution? I think it's okay that we allow people to add packaging links to other distros -- at least we have a hint as to what the package name might be there, no? > But the real issue is not about stopping users from linking to a > distribution. but to clarify which packages are "officially" in > distributions. 1/3 of lucid packaging links are to source package names > there were never published in a primary or partner Ubuntu archive. The > bugs about these links imply we should have never let them be created, > but I think we need to examine why so many user (clearly upstream > projects) are creating these. I agree. Maybe the answer is just an easy radiobutton allowing a PPA to be specified, and then using that information in a reasonable way? -- Christian Robottom Reis | [+55 16] 3376 0125 | http://launchpad.net/~kiko | [+55 16] 9112 6430 | http://async.com.br/~kiko _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
