Bug#730438: UDD: bugs.cgi confused: lists bugs as affecting sid even if the package has been removed

[Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org>]

retitle 730438 UDD: bugs.cgi include bugs for packages that are source-only (due to Built-Using) 
tag 730438 +wontfix
thanks

Hi,

On 18/03/15 at 16:24 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 25/11/13 at 12:36 -0500, James McCoy wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 03:13:51AM +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> > > UDD seems be be a bit confused about some bugs, too:
> > > query for closed bugs affecting sid (all bugs), and you will find
> > > several kfreebsd-8 bugs there, e.g. #725575
> > > but kfreebsd-8 has been removed from jessie and sid ...
> > > Maybe the sid and jessie tags add to the confusion, but they are needed.
> > 
> > Isn't this due to debian-installer-7.0-netboot-kfreebsd-* referencing
> > kfreebsd-8 from their Built-Using field?  This means the source for
> > kfreebsd-8 is still part of sid:
> > 
> > $ rmadison kfreebsd-8
> >  kfreebsd-8 | 8.1+dfsg-8+squeeze3 | squeeze-security  | source
> >  kfreebsd-8 | 8.1+dfsg-8+squeeze4 | squeeze           | source
> >  kfreebsd-8 | 8.2-15~bpo60+1      | squeeze-backports | source
> >  kfreebsd-8 | 8.3-6               | wheezy            | source
> 
> Right. Most likely caused by bugs.cgi ignoring Extra-Source-Only: yes.
> The info is available in UDD though, so it could be exposed somehow.
> But I have no good idea about how to expose it.

1.5 years later, I still don't really know how to expose that, and I'm
not sure it should be fixed somehow. The BTS thinks those bugs affect
sid, and some bugs (e.g.: non-free bits) could rightfully affect the
source even if no binary packages are built from it.

Lucas