Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Somehow the FTP site maintainer's programs also need to know which > > section (subdirectory) the files should go in. I suggest that this > > information be provided by the `overrides' file on the FTP site, which > > is already used by the npdpkg program which generates the Packages > > files. > > > > Agreed. I don't think the location should be decided by individual > > package maintainers, though they will be free to suggest a location. > > The Section field from the control file can be used for this.
I agree also that this should be decided centrally, but disagree about using the SECTION field for a maintainer's recommendations. If we do that, "dpkg --info" and "dpkg --status" will give misleading information to users. If the SECTION field is not going to reliably contain the section name where the package is placed, it should be eliminated.
