> > The system in `bug' is mainly targeted too to custom made packages, of > > multiple sources, not just the few well known huge makers of packages like > > Helix (Ximian! =) ) or Corel. > > That makes is a strict subset of the features of the dpkg based > approach, since that offers that as well: you are not obliged to have > a origin file, you can use the information in the Bugs package header > as a default in case you don't have a origin file.
I could implement an override mechanism, but the winning feature of the dpkg based solution is the ability to report a bug when, eg, the preinst fails. And Debian packages could be packaged without any origin tag, and the default/system one would be assumed.
