Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Also nice would be links to the BTS. > > Well, links in text emails use a lot of space... The BTS uses this nice abbreviation which does not use too much space compared with the bug title that often is longer. Regards, Joey -- N

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On Friday 22 June 2007 15:54, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Please include at least the packages > > You mean the binary packages, right? Or source if a BR is filed against a source package. > > Also nice would be links to the BTS. > > Well, links in text emails use a lot of space... It should be po

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> No, you should tag your bugs pending and Lucas ought to ignore pending >> bugs (maybe he already does). > Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hm, but there a couple of bugs tagged "pending" which don't get an > upload for months. Even RC one

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On 22/06/07 at 13:51 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 22 June 2007 00:15, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > During my talk today at debconf, I discussed the idea of sending mails > > to maintainers of packages with serious problems. The audience > > welcomed the idea, so I will send the first mails soon

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 02:55:14AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Now the BTS supports versioning, couldn't dak just close the bugs when a > > package gets uploaded, whether it ends up in NEW or incoming ? > > Weird things would happen if the package wa

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On Friday 22 June 2007 00:15, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > During my talk today at debconf, I discussed the idea of sending mails > to maintainers of packages with serious problems. The audience > welcomed the idea, so I will send the first mails soon. Please include at least the packages the bugs affe

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22/06/07 at 11:27 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: >> Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Colin Tuckley wrote: >> >> Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> >> >> >> > You will receive a mail: >> >> > * if one of your packages has RC

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

* Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070622 11:55]: > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Now the BTS supports versioning, couldn't dak just close the bugs when a > > package gets uploaded, whether it ends up in NEW or incoming ? > > Weird things would happen if the package was rejected

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:41:22AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Checking for packages in NEW looks complex: I would have to look at the > changes file to see if the bugs I'm going to mail about are actually > being closed. You actually just need to parse http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On 22/06/07 at 00:36 +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-22 00:17]: > > During my talk today at debconf, I discussed the idea of sending mails > > to maintainers of packages with serious problems. The audience > > welcomed the idea, so I will send the firs

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now the BTS supports versioning, couldn't dak just close the bugs when a > package gets uploaded, whether it ends up in NEW or incoming ? Weird things would happen if the package was rejected from NEW and then reuploaded with the same version number but w

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:41:22AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Checking for packages in NEW looks complex: I would have to look at the > changes file to see if the bugs I'm going to mail about are actually > being closed. And I can't extrapolate whether the upload w

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On 22/06/07 at 11:27 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Colin Tuckley wrote: > >> Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >> > >> > You will receive a mail: > >> > * if one of your packages has RC bugs older than 30 days in unstable > >> > >> You n

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Colin Tuckley wrote: >> Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> >> > You will receive a mail: >> > * if one of your packages has RC bugs older than 30 days in unstable >> >> You need to check the "new" queue for an upload before sending a mail i

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Colin Tuckley wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > You will receive a mail: > > * if one of your packages has RC bugs older than 30 days in unstable > > You need to check the "new" queue for an upload before sending a mail in > this case. It ought not to be really necessary,

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > You will receive a mail: > * if one of your packages has RC bugs older than 30 days in unstable You need to check the "new" queue for an upload before sending a mail in this case. It ought not to be really necessary, but stuff gets stuck in new for quite a while sometimes.

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

On 22/06/07 at 00:37 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi Lucas > > > The main problem is with packages that have dummy RC bugs to prevent > > them from migrating to testing (see #395332 for example). Such > > packages are difficult to detect, and, for packages that have

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, Hi Lucas > The main problem is with packages that have dummy RC bugs to prevent > them from migrating to testing (see #395332 for example). Such > packages are difficult to detect, and, for packages that have been in > that case for a long time, one might question if t

Re: Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Hi, * Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-22 00:17]: > During my talk today at debconf, I discussed the idea of sending mails > to maintainers of packages with serious problems. The audience > welcomed the idea, so I will send the first mails soon. That sounds good to me! > You will recei

Automated mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems

Hi, During my talk today at debconf, I discussed the idea of sending mails to maintainers of packages with serious problems. The audience welcomed the idea, so I will send the first mails soon. You will receive a mail: * if one of your packages has RC bugs older than 30 days in unstable * if one