Consens for `Filename: ' in Packages file?

[Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@datom.de>]

Hello,

as maintaining the non-us ftp server and while trying to create an
alternat debian-cd script I'm wondering about a consens regarding
the Filename: header in the Packages file.  

In stable/binary-i386/Packages I found:

    stable/binary-i386/x11/9fonts_1-4.deb


as similar (_similar) in unstable/binary-i368/Packages:

    dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/text/2utf_1.01.deb

... here we have `dists' prepended :-/


and in non-US/bo/binary-i386/Packages:

     bo/binary-i386/cfs_1.3.3-1.deb


I feel, we should find a somewhat more intuitive approach.  And we
should know what the various install programs are expecting here ...

IMHO the Filename: header should start with the architecture element, as
nobody knows if bo is the mount point for e.g. the non-us archive.

For short:

    . as in hamm, the link binary -> binary-i386 should disappear for
      non-US too.

    . the Packages-File should be located in the binary-<arch> directory

    . the Filename: header in the packages file should start with the
      directory the package is located in



Any opinions?


    Heiko
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