Bug#142324: ER] Should add homepage URL in package description

[Eric Estievenart <eestievenart@apsydev.com>]

Josip Rodin wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:41:52AM +0200, Eric Estievenart wrote:
> > "There is no simple way to access a package/project homepage
> > from the debian package description pages
> > (e.g. http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/python2.1.html)"
> >
> > Such information could also be used by admin tools like gnome-apt and
> > others to make a browser point to the url if the user requests it.
> 
> If you're filing this on dpkg, you're requesting a new field. But your bug
> title (subject) mentions descriptions. Which do you prefer?

Well, by "description", I meant "list of fields describing the package",
and not the "Description" field.

Probably adding a field would be more efficient because it would not
require the tools to parse the description field (and some description
fields
already contain urls which are not the homepage).

If this helps,

Regards

-- Eric


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