Bug#2296: debian-bugs WWW doesn't say how to find out Debian version

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Erick Branderhorst writes ("Re: Bug#2296: debian-bugs WWW doesn't say how to find out Debian  version"):
> > >      * The version of the whole Debian system you are using.
> > So, does anyone on debian-devel know of a sound way of doing this ?
> > If not I should probably remove this requirement.
> Perhaps a finger-print of the version numbers of all the essential packages

That's not helpful, because it would be too long.

We need to think about what information we're trying to get, here.

Ian.

PS: Please don't send the same message to debian-bugs and
debian-devel, since debian-bugs forwards to debian-devel anyway.