Re: smarter way to differ architectures needed?

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

> Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> > I would suggest actually having both in the .changes file, then
> > dinstall could decide whether to close bugs or change their severity
> > to fixed based on the content of the two fields.  I have handwritten
> > patches to dinstall and the dpkg-dev scripts to handle this change,
> > which I could type up and mail if it's wanted.
> 
> This is already implemented.  It differentiates by comparing the .dsc
> and .changes Maintainer.

This I appreciate (well done!), but since the thing which gets posted
to -changes is the .changes file, it would make sense if they were
both to appear within the same file.  Easier for mere users/developers
to see the difference.

   Julian

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