On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 02:50:43PM -0500, Bob McElrath wrote: > It is, in general, difficult to find the upstream developers of a given > debian package. The package page does not include any mention of a web > site or mailing list where actual development occurs. The .dsc files > also do not generally list how to find upstream.
This is normally the purpose of /usr/share/doc/*/copyright, and by and large it fulfils that purpose well. > I suggest that when there is an upstream, debian should include a link > to it on the package page (for instance, a link to the sourceforge > project page or the project's home page), and/or a development mailing > list if one exists. I don't think there's any disagreement that this would be useful, but it's up to individual package maintainers to do this. The packages.debian.org pages are generated from package descriptions and dependencies. > The same information should be in the .dsc file for the package > somehow. I disagree; it should be in the package description, i.e. the .deb. That's where we put descriptive metadata. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
