Bug#58340: Proposal: add 'distro' control field
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.1.1.1
Severity: wishlist
To avoid confusing mixes of distributions (like installing a Debian .deb in
Corel or a Corel .deb on Debian), I think we should add a 'Distro: debian'
control field to all packages and make Corel use 'Distro: corel'.
This not only would avoid a mess with broken dependencies (I've heard somewhere
Corel had some...), but also make possible to check at first look (supposing
someone was crazy enough to mix both) which distro did one .deb come from.
It would even be possible to add the "intended distribution" to the field
(like: 'Distro: debian (potato, woody)' or after a release
'Distro: debian (2.2))
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux cesarb2 2.2.14 #1 Fri Feb 11 20:16:40 BRST 2000 i586
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