Multiple source package entries in Sources file

[Simon Kainz <simon@familiekainz.at>]

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Hi.

When i look at

ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/debian/dists/sid/main/source/Sources.gz

There are multiple entries for e.g. the package

gcc-snapshot:

 skainz$ cat Sources |grep "Package: gcc-snapshot" -A 3
Package: gcc-snapshot
Binary: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20120313-1
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
- --
Package: gcc-snapshot
Binary: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20120407-1
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
- --
Package: gcc-snapshot
Binary: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20120704-1
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
- --
Package: gcc-snapshot
Binary: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20121008-1
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
- --
Package: gcc-snapshot
Binary: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20121106-1
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
- --
Package: gcc-snapshot
Binary: gcc-snapshot
Version: 20121120-1
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>


So whats the point in having multiple versions of the same source package?
I'm really interested in the background if this issue.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Simon


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