Hi! On Tue, 2012-12-11 at 08:13:21 +0800, Daniel Hartwig wrote: > Package: apt > Severity: wishlist
> Some Debian tools (such as bugs.d.o) support explicitly named source > packages using a “src:” prefix. apt-get currently has “--only-source”, > documented to look for source package names. It may be useful to also > support the de facto common prefix. The problem with this, is that it meddles with the “package:arch” namespace and migt imply that a hypothetical package named src is not accessible in the namespace depending on the context, because the ‘:’ delimiter is already used for the architecture. To me it seems it would make the current interface more confusing. Compare these (fabricated) cases: $ apt-get source libc6:amd64 # Is this source package eglibc, or binary package src with eglibc arch. $ apt-get source src:eglibc # Is this source package src, or binary package src with src arch. $ apt-get source src:src Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
