Bug#644198: linux-2.6: Tell reportbug to use src:linux-2.6

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 07:27:00PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Kurt Roeckx wrote:

>>> Can you please chang the bug control file to use:
>>> Submit-As: src:linux-2.6
>>> instead of the current:
>>> Submit-As: linux-2.6
>>
>> What would be the benefit?
>
> That it's filed against an existing package, something the BTS
> actually knows about?

To avoid confusion when people misfile bugs about a source package,
it seems that the BTS invents a fake <package> binary package for any
source package <package>.  That's why

  http://bugs.debian.org/src:linux-2.6

lists kernel bugs filed against the linux-2.6 binary package, too,
even though there is no actual linux-2.6 binary package in Debian.

So if that's the reason behind this proposal, I'm tempted to just
close it.  The change would involve taking a risk with no upside to
balance it.

There wouldn't have to be a huge upside to balance a small risk, but
there has to be something.  I could easily be missing something.