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Bug#636010: [linux-2.6] Please rename source to linux



On Sun, 2012-06-03 at 01:50 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > We would certainly like to do this, but we want to find a way to do so
> > while properly tracking bugs that may apply to both the old 'linux-2.6'
> > and the new 'linux'.
> 
> Based on experience of the git-core -> git renaming:
> 
> The only downside I know of is that you have to look at both
> src:linux-2.6 and src:linux to find the full list of known bugs.  As
> long as src:linux-2.6 exists in a maintained version, the maintainer
> info is still fine (and if that breaks, we can pester owner@).  To
> move a bug to the new package:
> 
> 	reassign 94324832 src:linux 3.2.20-1
> 	found 94324832 linux-2.6/2.6.32-29
> 	found 94324832 linux-2.6/3.2.12-1
> 
> Debbugs uses the changelogs of the current package in stable and
> unstable (I don't remember if it uses testing and oldstable too or
> not) to understand found/fixed information, so the version graph,
> testing migration, and other version-associated magic would work fine.

What, including changes in the source package name?

> I wouldn't mind just making the switch, as long as the bug script is
> updated to match at the same time.

Then let's do it.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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