Avi Bryant wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Daniel Vainsencher wrote:
> 
> 
>>I dunno. Seems to me that having a url back to where the version was
>>published is nice. Especially since this makes the source of a package
>>verifiable - compare it to what it claims to be. But also because it
>>allows a form of discovery we dont have now, which is that I can find
>>all the repositories whose changes get into Gorans SMBase line, and
>>decide to track them myself.
> 
> 
> Yes, I like the idea of virally-spreading repositories.  Reminds me of the
> way the blogging world works - MC as version-aggregator.
> 
> I don't think it's harmful to have a URL (or multiple URLs) as an
> additional piece of metadata attached to a version, as long as you don't
> expect to always be able to find the version there.

Except that's the kind of thing that will absolutely change over time 
(when you move servers, etc) and if the VersionInfos are immutable then 
they'll all be out of date...

Julian