On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 07:04:38PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Michael Bramer wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 05:51:00PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Michael Bramer wrote:
> > >
> > > > the ddts will have this feature in future:
> > > > you can send a [NO]NOTIFICATION mail to the server and you will [not]
> > > > get the notification mails from the server. This will all base not on
> > > > the package name (old system) but base on the email address from the
> > > > sid packages file.
> > >
> > > gah, you did that wrong.
> > >
> > > Use the Maintainer's file. This file is supposed to be used for exactly this
> > > reason.
> >
> > thanks for this note.
> >
> > But why use the ftp master this file not for the Packages file (as a
> > override of the information in the .deb package)?
>
> Because the Maintainers file contains ALL maintainers. Packages have to be
> merged. It's also much easier to parse.
1.) Why are in the Packages file the wrong Maintainer addresses?
2.) I have already parse the Packages file. The Maintainers file is a
extra file, with a different format.
Have the Maintainers also old Packages? Or must I store this all
in a own db?
The use of the Maintainers file is not a real problem. But sorry, I
don't understand this. Maybe you can help? Have we a document with a
description of this file?
Gruss
Grisu
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