Bug#185364: debian-policy: project url's should be required for each apt-cache package description
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 04:01:34AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Consider a user thumbing thru aptitude or apt-cache show.
> He sees a brief description of a package that sounds good.
> But he wants to know a little more before committing to a multi
> megabyte download and install.
>
> Therefore those packages without project url's in their package info
> should either add them or say they really have none.
I object. It's a waste of considerable effort to go around adding "This
package has no upstream URL" to several thousand packages. I think we've
already informally agreed that having upstream URLs in package
descriptions [1] where packages.debian.org can see them is a good thing;
policy doesn't need to change here, packages can just go right ahead and
do it in cases where it is appropriate.
[1] Discounting the argument about whether a new field should be added,
for the sake of brevity.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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