Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 11:52:52AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > This bug is a textbook example of making the perfect the enemy of the > good. It's disconcerting that we, or our users, are willing to put up > with this. I see what you mean and I absolutely agree with the general principle. We have a

Bug#585409: [pkg-wine-party] Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi Mike, On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 01:41:42PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > > You mean, besides completely hijacking the package? > > > > The last maintainer upload is dated 2010/05/23. > > > > So, from my POV, you (Michael) and Hilko Beng

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 01:41:42PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > You mean, besides completely hijacking the package? > > > > The last maintainer upload is dated 2010/05/23. > > > > So, from my POV, you (Michael) and Hilko Bengen seem to be the real > > package maintainers for wine. > > > > My s

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Joey Hess
Andreas Barth wrote: > * Joey Hess (jo...@debian.org) [120605 17:53]: > > I've read over this entire bug, and while there are clearly some hard > > problems and a lot of good work shown here, I'm seeing a concerning > > trend throughout it. > > I think the issues are now getting way better, with e

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Christian PERRIER wrote: > You mean, besides completely hijacking the package? > > The last maintainer upload is dated 2010/05/23. > > So, from my POV, you (Michael) and Hilko Bengen seem to be the real > package maintainers for wine. > > My suggestion: do a maintain

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Christian PERRIER
(No CC, please, I'm subscribed to -devel) Quoting Michael Gilbert (mgilb...@debian.org): > Anyway, we've had recent threads on the continuing issues with strong > package maintenance, and from what I can tell, there is no clear > direction. The solution I'm pursuing is a liberal application of >

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Joey Hess (jo...@debian.org) [120605 17:53]: > I've read over this entire bug, and while there are clearly some hard > problems and a lot of good work shown here, I'm seeing a concerning > trend throughout it. I think the issues are now getting way better, with e.g. hillu uploading new wine vers

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Joey Hess wrote: > 10 Jun 2010  a bug was filed wanting wine 1.2 packaged in time for squeeze. > 12 Aug 2010  packages of 1.2 were available .. but not in Debian. >  6 Feb 2011  squeeze shipped with the same wine version that shipped in lenny. >  7 Mar 2012  wine 1.

Bug#585409: this bug .. bugs me

2012-06-05 Thread Joey Hess
10 Jun 2010 a bug was filed wanting wine 1.2 packaged in time for squeeze. 12 Aug 2010 packages of 1.2 were available .. but not in Debian. 6 Feb 2011 squeeze shipped with the same wine version that shipped in lenny. 7 Mar 2012 wine 1.4 was released as the new upstream stable release 25 May 2