>> You have them only for suites that have this feature enabled. These are >> all where the following query hits (in projectb): >> projectb=> select suite_name from suite where include_long_description is >> false; >> suite_name >> -------------------------- >> unstable >> proposed-updates >> testing-proposed-updates >> experimental >> testing
>> Your best bet is to wait until after next release, where it will reach >> stable too. > That's a bit unfortunate because currently UDD is not featuring *any* > long_descriptions at all and I guess the problem report on > debian-devel[1] is connected to this (I have no idea how > packages.debian.org works but it seems probable to me, that this is > connected). So with the current state of input files which are > Packages.gz and Translations* which are in an inconsistent state for > different releases we are certainly breaking applications using data > from UDD. > There are three ways to circumvent this: > 1. Provide the missing information in the Packages.gz files > anyway. Joerg, I have no idea how compley to implement > this might be or what chances to break something might > exist. > 2. We move English translations from Translation-en.bz2 > to the packages table making sure that all existing UDD > applications will work immediately again. > 3. We drop long_description field from packages table now > and *calculate* the md5 sums from long_escription for those > releases where it is missing and keep all long_descriptions > inside the ddtp table. Its a 100% sure that 1 wont happen for Lenny. That one is going away pretty soon. I would give it a 5% chance to happen for Squeeze. But the actual people you want to discuss a change like that with are the SRMs. Not me. And the state is not "inconsistent", its just on a move from old to new... (Oh, and no, packages.d.o is NOT using UDD) -- bye, Joerg Ubuntu: An ancient african word meaning "I can't configure Debian" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-qa-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87mx8ue2su....@gkar.ganneff.de
