On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:57:03 +0000 Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Francesco Poli said: [...] > > Stephen, what do you think? > > Should this bug be downgraded to important? > > Could you please help Andreas in solving his problem? > > I think that a package that non-deterministically doesn't work probably > doesn't belong in a stable release.
Wait, who said that the bug shows up non-deterministically? What I know is that I use root-tail without experiencing any major issue. Moreover, I know other people that use root-tail without any big problem. On the other hand, I take notice that Andreas reported his problem: he is apparently experiencing a bug in a given environment (WindowMaker, etc.), *unless* he has solved his issue in the meanwhile... I don't see any evidence of non-deterministic behavior in root-tail. The program seems to work for a number of people, while it does not seem to work for some other people (at least one), in a different environment. This situation does not look like the definition of a severity 'grave' bug: the bug does not seem to make the package unusable or mostly so. I would say the severity of this bug is more like 'important' or even 'normal'. > I unfortunately don't have enough > knowledge about the X api to make any good guesses as to what the > problem might be. I think there are tags for this kind of situation (e.g.: "help"). [...] > If Andreas has any additional information, that would be great I would be interested in reading an update from Andreas, too. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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