Re: GroundZero (third party deb repository)
> Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@cogs.susx.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > How hard would it be to implement this field for official packages? Then,
> > with time dpkg could refuse to install packages without an origin unless
> > some "--force" option is used.
>
> We shouldn't let dpkg refuse to install other packages in Debian
> format! We *are* encouraging people to use Debian as a base for their
> own distribution and then we put something like that in place!? Please
> don't do something restrictive. On the other hand it should be useful
> to mark packages where they come from.
>
I may not have been clear about this, but what I meant is to refuse packages
without "Origin" (which includes all our current packages). That way we
force everybody to use it. This isn't meant to be restrictive but a way to
enforce this policy on people outside debian.
Luis
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