Re: [Launchpad-users] [OT maybe] keeping track of moving binaries

[shirish <shirishag75@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 07:26, Andrew SB<a.starr.b@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 2:59 PM, shirish<shirishag75@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>       I'm sure lot of people on the list have some favorite
>> applications, packages etc. and find it pretty annonying to know where
>> a particular binary package went.
>>
>> For e.g. something like this
>>
>> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/212114
>>
>> The bug (while it had its own importance) is of not concern to me but
>> these lines
>>
>> "The uuidgen binary has moved (again) to a uuid-runtime package. "
>>
>> It has not been the first or the last time when a binary package has
>> either been split up into its own package or been consolidated into
>> one package.
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/ might be a better tool for you.

Hi Andrew,
             Thank you for getting back to me on this. Although
writing through launchpad-users would also have been better. This way
others can use this resource or add their own thoughts on the subject
as well.

> For instance, you can actually search for package contents. Look at
> the result to this search:
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=uuidgen&mode=exactfilename&suite=karmic&arch=any
>
>
> File                           Packages
>
> /usr/bin/uuidgen        uuid-runtime
>
>
>>
>> What happens is as a user if I wanna read up (online) the changes done
>> on uuid-runtime.
>
> Clicking on uuid-runtime will bring you to its package page:
>
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/uuid-runtime
>
> Which contains a link to it's complete changelog:
>
> http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/u/util-linux/util-linux_2.16-1ubuntu1/changelog
>
>>
>> Here's what I get when I put uuid-runtime on launchpad.
>>
>> https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+search?text=uuid-runtime
>>
>> The
>> https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux
>>
>> or
>>
>> https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/e2fsprogs
>>
>> I'm looking for history of that specific program/package.
>>
>> The only one I get is
>>
>> https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/hppa/uuid-runtime/1.40.8-2ubuntu2
>>
>> but there again there's no changelog file or something that I could
>> read into online.
>>
>> Please lemme know if I've erred in some way.
>
> Lot's of other useful stuff. Check it out...

      I know about packages.ubuntu.com and I do agree its a useful resource.
The issue is that one has to go from another route to know this, why
can't this be integrated within launchpad itself ? As a user if within
one interface I'm able to do this it would be so much easier and
simpler.

One of the reasons I know why it (packages.ubuntu.com) is kept
separate is because Debian users and developers didn't want to
launchpad as it was closed-source before. Now that its open-sourced
completely it would be interesting to see how things shape up/happen.

>  - Andrew

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