Package: reportbug
Version: 6.4.4+deb7u1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hello,
the attached patch implements the removal of the 'base' pseudo package
from reportbug. See #734053 [1] for context, where Holger Levsen is
reporting against bugs.debian.org to remove the 'base' package.
It seems like most of the few bugs against 'base' concern specific
packages (notably the kernel) and the other ones could be reassigned
to the 'general' package.
Thanks,
*t
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/734053
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"
** /home/tpo/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.4.4"
mode novice
ui text
email "tpo_...@sourcepole.ch"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.14-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii apt 0.9.7.9+deb7u2
ii python 2.7.3-4+deb7u1
ii python-reportbug 6.4.4+deb7u1
reportbug recommends no packages.
Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn claws-mail <none>
ii debconf-utils 1.5.49
pn debsums <none>
pn dlocate <none>
pn emacs22-bin-common | emacs23-bin-common <none>
ii file 5.11-2+deb7u5
ii gnupg 1.4.12-7+deb7u4
ii msmtp-mta [mail-transport-agent] 1.4.28-1
ii python-gtk2 2.24.0-3+b1
pn python-gtkspell <none>
pn python-urwid <none>
ii python-vte 1:0.28.2-5
ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6
Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii apt 0.9.7.9+deb7u2
ii python 2.7.3-4+deb7u1
ii python-debian 0.1.21
ii python-debianbts 1.11
ii python-support 1.0.15
python-reportbug suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/reportbug.conf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
commit 8019e48
Author: Tomas Pospisek <tpo...@sourcepole.ch>
Date: Thu Sep 11 17:59:34 2014 +0200
remove 'base' package
Fixes #734053
diff --git bin/reportbug bin/reportbug
index 127cbda..80155b4 100755
--- bin/reportbug
+++ bin/reportbug
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def get_package_name(bts='debian', mode=MODE_EXPERT):
'bug tracking system itself.'):
package = 'reportbug'
- if package in ('general', 'project', 'debian-general', 'base'):
+ if package in ('general', 'project', 'debian-general'):
ui.long_message(
"If you have a general problem, please do consider using "
'the available Debian support channels to narrow the problem '
diff --git reportbug/debbugs.py reportbug/debbugs.py
index ce21ba4..0e4abb6 100644
--- reportbug/debbugs.py
+++ reportbug/debbugs.py
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ def convert_severity(severity, type='debbugs'):
# These packages are virtual in Debian; we don't look them up...
debother = {
- 'base' : 'General bugs in the base system',
'bugs.debian.org' : 'The bug tracking system, @bugs.debian.org',
'buildd.debian.org' : 'Problems and requests related to the Debian Buildds',
'buildd.emdebian.org' : 'Problems related to building packages for Emdebian',
