Bug#641153: document Built-Using field for binary packages
Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@debian.org> writes:
> I think source packages better reflect the meaning of the field (keep
> the source available). Listing them will hopefully soon no longer be
> more complicated than binary package, see [1].
> [1] <http://bugs.debian.org/653575>
> In addition listing binaries would likely force the archive software to
> keep those specific binary versions around as well, even when they are
> no longer needed, for example after a binNMU. (At least I think the
> current database layout would require this.)
Ah, okay, those are good points, and more to the point the resolution of
that bug pretty much completely addresses my concerns since it makes it as
easy to get the source package version as it would be to get the binary
package version.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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