On 8 May 2010 at 18:42, Scott Howard wrote: | On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote: | > | > On 8 May 2010 at 18:12, Scott Howard wrote: | > | The fix works well, but we patched the upstream .desktop file but | > | > Who is "we" and why do you talk to me rather than _upstream_ ? | > | > Dirk | | We = community of Debian developers, please excuse the usage if it is unclear.
Well it wasn't defined anywhere in the message. And pardon my ignorance as a 15-year Debian Developer, I was unaware of the patching effort. So again, what is "we"? Is this a freedesktop cleanup or something? Prof John Fox at upstream is pretty responsive and will likely include patches but I need more context here to 'sell' the patch to hom. | I'm telling the designated debian maintainer because this is purely a | debian bug. | debian/r-cran-rcmdr.install is installing a buggy .desktop file. You | properly corrected the bug, but in a .desktop file which debian does | not install. | | You fixed this bug by patching: | /inst/etc/linux/Rcmdr.desktop | | but you install: | debian/r-cran-rcmdr.desktop [which has the bug in it] If memory serves I once received a patch, applied it and sent it upstream. | The fix is to either change debian/r-cran-rcmdr.install to install | /inst/etc/linux/Rcmdr.desktop or to patch debian/r-cran-rcmdr.desktop I have now done the former in my sources; the next upload will reflect it. Thanks! -- Regards, Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
