In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Yes, but there is no way around it until we have better support in some >places like BTS for different packages with same name (the source package >name mustbe different, for sure).
I think another limitation with the current BTS system is the assumption that all bugs reports should go to the original maintainer - if the bug is because of a port to another system and/or architecture, I doubt the original maintainer is going to have a clue what to do with it, especially if it was ported by someone else. I don't know what to do about this though. Perhaps there needs to be a way to put the porters email address in bug reports by bug, so that the maintainer can contact the porter if required. Note: According to the "Debian Developer's Reference", packages should be ported with "dpkg-buildpackage -B -mporter-email"; I suspect that some hurd porters have forgotten to include their E-Mail address, however I don't fully understand the details, so I might be out-of-date (ie looking at old packages) or just plain wrong. I am under the impression that the name of the porter should appear under the output of "dpkg -I <package>", as the Maintainer.
