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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Version control system warnings annoying and misleading

Binary package hint: apt

Currently in Gutsy with apt version 0.7.4ubuntu1 when I try to download packages with apt-get source I now get warnings that get in the way and are wrong:

WARNING: 'pyspf' is maintained in the 'Svn' version control system at:
svn://svn.debian.org/python-modules/packages/pyspf/trunk/
Are you sure you want to continue [yN]?

WARNING: 'hal' is maintained in the 'Bzr' version control system at:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/hal/ubuntu
Please use:
bzr get http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/hal/ubuntu
to modify the package.
Are you sure you want to continue [yN]?

Now I don't know about hal, but for pyspf all that's in the svn is the debian dir. Apt-get source retrieves the entire package for a specific release. In this case I was trying to get the released source for hal from Feisty. So in the two cases I tested it was at the very least misleading and in some cases points the user in the wrong direction. Apt-get source gets a source package from a particular release. It's use is not limited to getting the latest and greatest debian packaging directories.

Please remove this ill considered feature.