Bug#447180: Conflict between packages.debian.org/<dist>/<section> and packages.debian.org/<dist>/<package>
Package: www.debian.org
Severity: normal
Hi,
When I wanted to see information on the "perl" package, I searched with
a keyword "perl" and I got an exact hit in the result page[1]. However,
when I clicked a link labeled as "sid (unstable)", I saw a page for
"perl" section. The link URL was http://packages.debian.org/sid/perl,
which can be interpreted both as "perl package in sid" and as "perl
section in sid". Since the URL was used in everywhere in the package
page (e.g. a link labeled as "perl" in the "Other Packages Related to
debhelper" area in the debhelper package page[2]), I could not go to my
destination, the "perl package" page. Finally, I found a link to the
"perl package" page in the "perl section" page. The URL of perl package
page was http://packages.debian.org/sid/perl/perl.
The same happens for "python", which is also a name of a package and
name of a section.
Could you please supply some resolution of this kind of name conflicts?
I think using the packages.debian.org/<dist>/*/<package> URL for
packages instead of the packages.debian.org/<dist>/<package> URL will be
effective, but it requires a change in the URL interface.
[1] http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=perl
[2] http://packages.debian.org/sid/debhelper
Many thanks,
-nori
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.eucJP, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.eucJP (charmap=EUC-JP)
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