On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:56:44 -0500 (CDT) "Timothy Legg" <debianu...@timothylegg.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I wish to bring up something that bothers me. > > I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform so > many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than provide an > attractive graphical interface for a segmentation fault. > > I searched google and indeed found others that had this problem with this > package. I also found out that this problem was solved a couple years ago > in a newer version. Unfortunately, Debian is still delivering a > broken-out-of-the-box version of this package. > > ------- > > I feel that this issue reflects a need for the Debian team to enforce a > higher standard on functionality and reliability of the packages that are > available in the family of stable packages. > > I believe there should be a stronger system where broken, non-functional > or obsolete package are weeded out as they make Debian appear broken and > unstable. At minimum, a voting system where users can rate up or down > packages at packages.debian.org or some other feedback to warn or > encourage prospective users. If it's as broken as you say, there ought to be a bug of 'grave' severity filed against the package (whether or not a fixed version is available). Is there? If so, that would be a release-critical bug, which should prevent the package from entering stable, and should warn anyone against installing it. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100818152159.37d98052.cele...@gmail.com
