[Bug 1266874] Re: near-empty debtags database

[gouri]

As an example of package that does have tags upstream, but appears without tags in the context, take gimp.
Local database has no tag for gimp, but http://debtags.debian.net/edit/gimp shows actual tags for it.

For the sake of completeness, the debtags database is so small that it
can be pasted here.

debtags cat

aggregate: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::configuration, network::routing, protocol::ip, role::program, scope::utility, use::analysing, use::configuring, use::converting, use::routing, works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::network-traffic, works-with::text
casper: admin::boot, admin::filesystem, implemented-in::shell, protocol::smb, role::plugin, scope::utility, special::completely-tagged, works-with-format::iso9660
dynagen: admin::configuring, admin::monitoring, implemented-in::python, interface::shell, network::routing, protocol::TODO, protocol::ip, role::program, scope::utility, use::checking, use::configuring, use::monitor, use::routing
dynamips: hardware::emulation, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon, interface::shell, network::TODO, network::routing, network::server, protocol::atm, protocol::ethernet, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, role::program, scope::utility, use::checking, use::learning, use::routing, works-with::network-traffic
fityk: field::chemistry, field::physics, implemented-in::c++, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::wxwidgets, x11::application
glurp: uitoolkit::gtk
horae: field::biology, field::chemistry, field::physics, implemented-in::perl, interface::x11, legacy::science, scope::suite, uitoolkit::tk, x11::application
ircmarkers: field::geography, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::TODO, use::entertaining, works-with-format::jpg, works-with-format::png, works-with::image:raster
libmail-sender-perl: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::perl, mail::smtp, network::client, protocol::smtp, role::devel-lib, role::shared-lib, works-with::mail
libnet-whois-raw-perl: devel::lang:perl, devel::library, implemented-in::perl, network::client, role::devel-lib, role::shared-lib, use::checking, use::searching, works-with::TODO
libstyx2: role::shared-lib, suite::gnu
netperf: admin::benchmarking, hardware::TODO, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client, network::server, protocol::ethernet, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, protocol::tcp, protocol::udp, role::program, scope::utility, use::TODO, use::analysing, use::checking, use::monitor, works-with::network-traffic
nfdump: admin::accounting, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::routing, network::scanner, network::server, protocol::TODO, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6, protocol::tcp, protocol::udp, role::program, use::analysing, use::checking, use::filtering, use::monitor, use::viewing
oggfwd: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client, role::program, scope::utility, works-with-format::oggtheora, works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with::audio, works-with::video
oidua: implemented-in::python, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::application, sound::TODO, use::organizing, works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::mp3, works-with-format::mpc, works-with-format::oggvorbis, works-with::audio
qsf: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, mail::filters, role::plugin, role::program, scope::application, use::checking, works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::db, works-with::mail, works-with::text
styx: devel::code-generator, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c#, devel::lang:c++, devel::lang:php, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, works-with::software:source
styx-dev: devel::library, role::devel-lib, suite::gnu
styx-doc: devel::doc, devel::examples, made-of::html, role::documentation
ubiquity-casper: admin::boot, admin::filesystem, implemented-in::shell, protocol::smb, role::plugin, scope::utility, special::completely-tagged, works-with-format::iso9660

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Title:
  near-empty debtags database

Status in “debtags” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello,

  Severity : high. 
  Rationale : nearly no tags, tags database and associated applications, including debtags, are useless.

  Summary : near-empty debtags database. Only 20 packages have tags.

  After installing debtags and packagesearch, it is observed that
  packagesearch finds very few packages by tags.

  How to reproduce :

  * install debtags, use any debtags front-end, see that search by tags finds very few packages
  * run debtags cat | wc -l, expect a big number (thousands)
  * run apt-cache dumpavail | grep -i ^Tag: | wc -l, expect a big number (thousands)
  * run wget -S  http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/tags/tags-current.gz, expect a result

  Observed behavior

  * debtags cat | wc -l yields 20
  * apt-cache dumpavail | grep -i ^Tag: | wc -l yields 34
  * wget -S  http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/tags/tags-current.gz fails with 404

  Thank you for your attention.

  
  * Additional information

  lsb_release -rd

  Description:	Ubuntu 13.10
  Release:	13.10

  LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy debtags

   1722  LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy debtags

  debtags:
    Installed: 1.10.2ubuntu1
    Candidate: 1.10.2ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.10.2ubuntu1 0
          500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: debtags 1.10.2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan  7 19:24:45 2014
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: debtags
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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