> > That does not make sense to me. I think the program that reports bugs > > against a package should know from the Origin how to do that so if we > > change to another BTS we would only need to change that program. > > No, that's silly. That would mean all bugreporting tools would need > a comprehensive list of all Origins out there, which is not reasonable.
Well, that's not necessarily true. The Origin field could just provide a *way* to get the bug-submission data you need. I mean: Origin: Debian Origin-URL: http://www.debian.org/path/to/origin/data Or, better yet: Origin: Debian Origin-URL: file:/etc/origin/Debian if /etc/origin/Debian is in base (or have an appropriate Depends: origin-debian otherwise). We could also skip the URL and just do: Origin: Debian and have a /etc/origin/Debian. Then bug-reporting, etc. tools will look in /etc/origin/Debian. This would work for Corel, etc. (with appropriate Depends lines, if necessary). -itai PS. I have no real opinion on this matter; I'm just offering some alternatives. However, the "if you change one origin field you must repackage everything" argument is pretty persuasive...
