On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > To avoid confusing mixes of distributions (like installing a Debian .deb in > Corel or a Corel .deb on Debian), I think we should add a 'Distro: debian' > control field to all packages and make Corel use 'Distro: corel'. > > This not only would avoid a mess with broken dependencies (I've heard > somewhere > Corel had some...), but also make possible to check at first look (supposing > someone was crazy enough to mix both) which distro did one .deb come from. > > It would even be possible to add the "intended distribution" to the field > (like: 'Distro: debian (potato, woody)' or after a release > 'Distro: debian (2.2))
Calling it 'Distro' may be confusing (might also mean 'stable' or 'unstable'... I'd suggest to call it 'Vendor' instead... (less confusive, and consistant with rpm) -- "Si ca sent bon : mange-le, sinon pisse dessus..." [Proverbe chien]
