DASBPR:+index does not make it clear whether package exists in a given distribution

[Prateek Karandikar]

Consider this page: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/utopic/amd64/libpoppler44/0.24.5-2ubuntu4

* The breadcrumb navigation shows "Ubuntu > Utopic (14.10) > amd64 > libpoppler44 > 0.24.5-2ubuntu4", and it even shows "component: main" later on, which leads one to believe this package exists in Ubuntu 14.10 (in main, that too).
* The "downloadable files" section mentions only a trusty release, which leads one to believe this package might not exist in Ubuntu 14.10.

Steps to reproduce: Go to the page https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/utopic/amd64/libpoppler44/0.24.5-2ubuntu4 , with the aim of finding out "does libpoppler44 , 0.24.5-2ubuntu4 exist in Ubuntu 14.10?".

What happens: You come back confused.

Desired outcome: You get a clear yes or no answer (or a "this question does not make sense" answer).

(I am reporting this as a bug in Launchpad, as I believe it is doing the final rendering of the data about that package to produce the above page.)

[William Grant (wgrant)]

It did exist, but was superseded by another version (see "Status: Superseded"). If you click on the previous breadcrumb, you'll see that it was replaced by a new version, and then that new version was deleted.