Re: thought: dpkg and other dists
On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 08:18:15AM -0500, Stephen Carpenter wrote:
>
> AFAIK no such field currently exists in the deb format (if I am wrong
> then I am sure I will be told) so I would propose the addition of
> a "distribution" field in the control file.
This is the often discussed "Origin:" field or whatever you want to call it.
It should be implemented hand in hand with authentification.
What is the current status on this?
Marcus
--
"Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@
Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org
Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de for public PGP Key
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: