Re: where are valid sections defined?
On 26-Mar-2001 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On 20010326T112130-0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>> I just received a bug because lintian does not know about the section
>> 'science'. Where is the canonical list of sections?
>
> Basically, the set of valid sections is currently defined as whatever
> sections exist in the master override database in auric and pandora.
> There may be corner cases.
>
And when joe-bob new devel comes along and has to pick a section he is expected
to roam web sites and ftp servers looking for info? Seems wrong.
The documentation for someone trying to pick up debian packaging is woefully
weak.
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