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Bug#1028610: tracker.debian.org: shows the short description of the binary package, which is meaningless for the source package



On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 01:52:11AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-01-13 19:21:58 -0500, Boyuan Yang wrote:
> Otherwise, if there is a rule about the description in the case where
> there is a binary package with the same name as the source package,
> some filtering could be done based on the requirements. For instance,
> specific strings such as "(metapackage)" (or more generally, the whole
> parenthesized text) could be removed.
> 
> > You know that the source package itself does not have a description
> > field at all.
> 
> Couldn't this be a future feature?

It already is:
    https://bugs.debian.org/998165


(I don't know if distro-tracker supports it, however.)
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