Bug#559761: ITP: release -- provides information about the current releases

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Benjamin Drung [Mon, Dec 07 2009, 12:14:54AM]:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>
> 
> * Package name    : release
>   Version         : 0.1 (native)
>   Upstream Author : Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com>
> * License         : GPL v3+
>   Programming Lang: Python
>   Description     : provides information about the current releases
> 
>  This package contains information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu. The

I am not so sure about the target user base. If that's just about
information for humans then we have already the "debian-history"
package.

>  release script will give you the codename for e.g. the latest stable release of

So it does not make much sense as part of a stable release, because it
would not be updated (unless it's distributed via volatile archive or
sth. like that).

Regards,
Eduard.

-- 
<Joey> die ganzen Weiber sucken.