More pkgdb2-related information

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 05/16/2014 06:24 PM, Pierre-Yves Chibon wrote:
> Dear all,

> * Finally, the form used in bugzilla to do SCM requests has been updated and
> now asks for the `Upstream URL`

Why? What is this supposed to be useful for?

AFAIS,

- this pkgdb-URL is redundant to the contents of the RPM
=> This pkgdb URL will gradually diverge and become inconsistent to the 
RPMs' contents.

- this pkgdb-URL will require SCM-requests, whenever an upstream-URL 
changes  == more and additional bureaucracy.

- how to handle this Upstream-URL for packages without upstream URL?
Inside of RPMS, The URL:-tag is optional, i.e. there has never been a 
strict requirement to have an upstream URL.


Ralf