Linking a package to upstream is confusing

Bug #315239 reported by Curtis Hovey
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

I was looking to associate the packaged versions of 'eject' with the upstream series (there's only the 'main' series at this point).

Going from the 'eject' side of things, this page only let me specify the association for the latest release--that is, Jaunty.

https://edge.launchpad.net/eject/main/+ubuntupkg

Going from the 'eject (Ubuntu)' side of things, this page lets me specify the association for all currently-supported releases.

https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eject

I found this to be somewhat confusing. Is there a good reason for things to be like this--a task is sort-of doable from one interface, and completely doable from another--or should I convert this question to a bug against Malone?

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Curtis Hovey (sinzui) wrote :

I agree this is a bug. While the user can complete his task, he may have to fail a few times. This is bad. This can be addressed in the package linking effort that the Launchpad Registry Team will undertake in 2009

Changed in launchpad:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Triaged
Curtis Hovey (sinzui)
tags: added: package-link
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