Ubuntu bug reporting (reportbug, dpkg origins)

[Scott James Remnant]

On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 19:00 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:

> Wichert's proposed solution is:
> 
> > * Modify /etc/dpkg/origins/debian so bugreports for debian packages
> >   still get send to ubuntu, possibly to a different address so you
> >   can easily catch them
> 
I don't like this on the simple basis that it's lying ... Claiming to be
Debian and then changing what Debian *is*.

> > * Create a /etc/dpkg/origins/ubuntu file and give all Ubuntu packages
> >   an Origin: ubuntu header
> 
> This seems like something we should obviously do, regardless of the bug
> reporting issue.
> 
Don't we do this on our buildds already?!

descent scott% apt-cache show hotplug
Package: hotplug
Version: 0.0.20040329-11ubuntu10
Origin: Ubuntu

descent scott% apt-cache show automake1.6
Package: automake1.6
Version: 1.6.3-11
Origin: Ubuntu


> Since it doesn't overlap with Debian, it could presumably
> be merged into dpkg mainline, and we could avoid carrying a patch.
> 
Though I don't have a particular allergy to this being in dpkg mainline,
it could also be done through ubuntu base-files or similar as it doesn't
overlap with anything else.

Scott
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