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

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

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.

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

Hope that helps,
Jonathan