** Summary changed: - Version control system warnings annoying and misleading + Version control system warnings intrusive and unclear
** Description changed: Binary package hint: apt Currently in Gutsy with apt version 0.7.4ubuntu1 when I try to download packages with apt-get source I now get warnings that get in the way and are wrong: WARNING: 'pyspf' is maintained in the 'Svn' version control system at: svn://svn.debian.org/python-modules/packages/pyspf/trunk/ Are you sure you want to continue [yN]? WARNING: 'hal' is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/hal/ubuntu Please use: bzr get http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/hal/ubuntu to modify the package. Are you sure you want to continue [yN]? Now I don't know about hal, but for pyspf all that's in the svn is the debian dir. Apt-get source retrieves the entire package for a specific release. In this case I was trying to get the released source for hal from Feisty. So in the two cases I tested it was at the very least misleading and in some cases points the user in the wrong direction. Apt-get source gets a source package from a particular release. It's use is not limited to getting the latest and greatest debian packaging directories. - Please remove this ill considered feature. + I would suggest changing it to: + + NOTICE: 'PACKAGE' Debian packaging is maintained in the VCS_TYPE' version control system at: + PATH_TO_VCS + Please use: + VCS_TYPE VCS_COMMAND PATH_TO_VCS + to retrieve the latest (unreleased) updates to the package. + + And then lose the question entirely. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Confirmed -- Version control system warnings intrusive and unclear https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129575 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
