Bug#697602: Bug count confusion when "unrelated" binary and source has same name

[Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>]

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 03:16:42PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
> If a source package produces and identically named binary
> (e.g. src:eclipse produces a binary named eclipse), it usually doesn't
> matter which of them gets the "blame".  The problem is when a binary
> has the same name as a source that _doesn't_ built it.  An example
> in the archive being:
> 
>  source:sm builds binary r-cran-sm,
>  source:screen-message builds binary sm
> 
> If a BugsV file contains "sm 123456" Britney will assume that RC bug
> applies to _both_ the source package "sm" and the binary "sm" (and
> thus "screen-message").

I'd seriously argue that one of the source packages has to change its name. I
don't think that the two namespaces (source and binary packages) should be
considered that separated, so that might warrant an addition to policy? ("Do
not build a binary package that has the name of a totally unrelated source
package"?)

Kind regards
Philipp Kern