Debian Developers - Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

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Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

Thomas Bushnell BSG

2006-01-20, 2:50 am

Matt Zimmerman <mdz@ubuntu.com> writes:

>
> That seems like an abstract goal; what actual problem would be solved?

1) Developers would know immediately the origin of the package, making
it easier to track down and identify tool-chain-dependent bugs and
the like.

2) As Miles pointed out, version numbers are quite visible to users,
so users would see and be reminded of the origin of the package.

3) Tools could automatically use the tag to detect inter-distribution
mixing and warn.

Thomas

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