On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 18:25, Moritz Muehlenhoff<j...@inutil.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 12:03:55PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 00:06, Debian Bug Tracking >> System<ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote: >> > Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: >> > >> >> clone 543815 -1 >> > Bug#543815: initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in /etc/ld.so.conf results in >> > unusable initrd image >> > Bug 543815 cloned as bug 544485. >> > >> >> reassign -1 reportbug >> > Bug #544485 [initramfs-tools] initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in >> > /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable initrd image >> > Bug reassigned from package 'initramfs-tools' to 'reportbug'. >> > Bug No longer marked as found in versions initramfs-tools/0.85i. >> >> retitle -1 overinflated linux-2.6 bug reports >> > Bug #544485 [reportbug] initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in >> > /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable initrd image >> > Changed Bug title to 'overinflated linux-2.6 bug reports' from >> > 'initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable >> > initrd image' >> >> stop >> > Stopping processing here. >> >> We are using the same text for severities as from BTS website [1] >> >> [1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities >> >> If there is a problem with that wording, it should be fixed there >> first (and then notify us of teh change, just to fast sync the info). >> >> Please either close this bug (it's invalid for reportbug) or reassing >> it to b.d.o , as you prefer. > > The problem is that the standard severities cannot be mapped 1:1 on > the kernel package. Since the kernel is the core component of 99% > of all Debian systems, it's in the nature of the beast that any > problem which makes a system unbootable renders the package unusable > for the person filing the bug and the default descriptions lead bug > reporters to believe that grave or above is the correct severity.
Yeah, I agree, but I also like Julien's suggestion of a 'presubj' script: do you think it's feasible to add one to kernel package? > Since this is a common mistake, it might be a good idea to display > different descriptions when filing a bug against the linux-2.6 > source package. This is what Maks's bug report is about. Thanks for clarifying :) Cheers, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
