Bug#237171: kmail 3.2.1 sources incorrectly reported as "kdenetwork"
Gerfried Fuchs writes:
>>>> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/mail/kmail
>>
>>> I'm not sure whether this bug is valid or not, but it's surely not
>>> a kdenetwork bug.
>>
>> notice that the "KDE network module" text on that page is grabbed
>> from kmail package description.
> And? What has the package description to do at all with this bug?
> It has no influence at all, its the Source: control field that
> counts.
He was under the impression that the description in the new package
was outdated, which was not the case.
> * Dominique Devriese <dominique.devriese@student.kuleuven.ac.be>
> [2004-03-10 18:10]:
>> Riku Voipio writes:
>>>>> On packages.debian.org, kmail' sources are incorrectly reported
>>>>> as "kdenetwork" (should be kdepim).
>>
>> Yes, and this description has been properly updated to kdepim in
>> unstable.
> Ah. When? While browsing packages.qa.d.o for kdenetwork and kdepim
> it seems to have moved in january. Quite some time....
> Aaah! I see the problem!
> Versions: 4:3.2.1-1 [i386, powerpc], 4:3.1.5-1 [alpha, arm, hppa,
> ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, s390, sparc]
> 3.2.1 in fact doesn't have kmail in kdenetwork, 3.1.5 *does* have
> kmail in kdenetwork.
Yes, of course, maybe I should have said this, but I assumed it was
clear from the bug report.
> The problem is not easy to solve, I'm afraid. There must have been
> some puzzling in the package parsing with respect to having all the
> different architectures with their current version number
> listed. The source link would always be broken for outdated
> packages, but the sensible thing would be to point to the source
> package for the latest source (which is done, but for the old source
> name, strangely).
> Frank, I definitely hope this is enough analysis for you to be able
> to find where the real problem lies :)
I don't know if you are working on the packages.debian.org page, but I
assume *that* is where the problem lies. Me and Riku both work on the
KDE packages.
>> but again, if there's a bug here, it's not in the kde packages.
> Right. Sorry for Riku :) He's young and innocent, or such.
As are we all, I guess ;p
cheers
domi
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