#381275 PTS: add a notice if a removed source package is rebuilt as binary from another source

Package:
tracker.debian.org
Source:
tracker.debian.org
Submitter:
Filippo Giunchedi
Date:
2015-08-12 12:27:05 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#381275#5
Date:
2006-08-03 10:44:09 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,
it seems that removed packages are not considered again when they are
re-added to the archive, consider octave-plplot for example.
This bug is also a reminder for me to look at it :)

filippo
#381275#10
Date:
2008-01-24 14:44:15 UTC
From:
To:
tags 381275 + moreinfo unreproducible
thanks

Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
how can I reproduce it? :-)

You mention octave-plplot which is a binary package and not a source
package, while the PTS is source package oriented. Indeed, if I go to
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/plplot.html I see as expected the info
of plplot, including octave-plplot listed as one of its binary packages.

Also, looking at the code dealing with removal, it seems to me that
re-addition are properly handled (but of course I can have overlooked
something).

Is there any other *source* package you know that have been removed and
re-added back, which is not shown properly in the PTS?

Thanks in advance,
Cheers.
#381275#15
Date:
2008-01-24 14:44:15 UTC
From:
To:
tags 381275 + moreinfo unreproducible
thanks

Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
how can I reproduce it? :-)

You mention octave-plplot which is a binary package and not a source
package, while the PTS is source package oriented. Indeed, if I go to
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/plplot.html I see as expected the info
of plplot, including octave-plplot listed as one of its binary packages.

Also, looking at the code dealing with removal, it seems to me that
re-addition are properly handled (but of course I can have overlooked
something).

Is there any other *source* package you know that have been removed and
re-added back, which is not shown properly in the PTS?

Thanks in advance,
Cheers.
#381275#22
Date:
2008-01-24 16:03:27 UTC
From:
To:
# see below
retitle 381275 PTS: add a notice if a removed source package is rebuilt as binary from another source
thanks

It has been then removed and now it is built from plplot.

So yeah I guess this is a (pretty rare?) corner case I was hit by :)

To me the bug is closed, though I'm renaming since it might be cool (but
absolutely wishlist) if in such cases the pts would link to the new source
package (via the source-binary mapping)

filippo
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