More pkgdb2-related information

[Vít Ondruch]

Dne 16.5.2014 19:06, Ralf Corsepius napsal(a):
> 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
>
>
>

I am curious about this as well. The URL should be taken from RPM and 
refreshed with every update of the package. The same applies for Summary 
and Description.

Vít