Bug#435794: packages.qa.debian.org: please add reverse depends
[Raphael Hertzog 2007-08-03]
> Adding reverse build-dependencies should be easy as everything is
> generated based on the "Sources" files.
It would be a great start, to have an idea about the impact when
thinking about changing or adopting a package by just looking at
packages.qa.debian.org. :)
> However, reverse dependencies on binaries is going to be a lot more
> complicated... as it depends on the architecture, and you'll have to
> download and parse the "Packages" files (which is currently not
> done).
>
> And selecting a single arch and hoping that the rest is in sync will at
> least create problems on some arch-specific packages.
What about listing binary dependencies individually and showing in
which architecture they are used, for example like this
* hostname [amd64 i386]
* binutils [i386]
Can the CDD be used to extract this information?
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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen
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