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Re: [PROPOSAL] Origin and Bugs support



On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 04:28:44 +0100, Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> wrote:
> Origin gives a package a way to indicate where it is coming from.
> This can be used to find information about its origin in
> /etc/dpkg/origins/<origin>. The origin information file there
> can list an Bugs field that overrides the Bugs field in the package
> itself.

I think the package should be able to override any default origin
data, not the other way around.

Also, I think Origin: Debian packages should not specify a Bugs field,
since bugs for all Debian packages should go to the default BTS URL.

But, I'm probably missing some information...

-itai



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