Re: Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-05-02 Thread Tomasz Nitecki
Hey, On 29/04/16 06:54, Paul Wise wrote: > I was thinking about how Debian does not have mechanisms for contacting > users of particular packages for help with testing particular changes, > for example invasive security fixes or new upstream releases. > > Some options I can think of: > A tag on t

Re: Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-04-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > One would need a mechanism to automatically subscribe to all packages > that are installed on a machine. That sounds a bit like the how-can-i-help based solution. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-04-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:54:22 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >A new system for this or an extension to the package tracker for users >to register themselves to particular packages and particular kinds of >mails (testing on arch foo, security fix testing, etc). One would need a mechanism to automatically

Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-04-28 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, I was thinking about how Debian does not have mechanisms for contacting users of particular packages for help with testing particular changes, for example invasive security fixes or new upstream releases. Does anyone have some suggestions for how to do this? Some options I can think of: