Le Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 12:30:12PM -0400, Joey Hess écrivait:
> I would like to see this oft-requested feature, but in the meantime
> there is nothing to prevent you as a backup maintainer from seeing every
> bug for every package you backup maintain. debian-bugs-dist + procmail.
> Trivial.
Of cou
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:02:34AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> useless in the case of celestia. What happens if you're on vacation,
> woody is released tomorrow and a RC bug is filed on celestia today and
> noone cares to upload a fixed package? Similarly, if you were really
> busy for a wh
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:02:34AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> However, I'm not sure I agree that a backup is totally
> useless in the case of celestia. What happens if you're on vacation,
> woody is released tomorrow and a RC bug is filed on celestia today and
> noone cares to upload a fixed
* Marcelo E. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20010902 21:26]:
> * wmaker. It's not a complex package, but it operates under
> several
>
> * celestia. Simple. Very limited scope. Not many configuration
> options.
>
> Would I like to find a co-maintainer for wmaker? Yes. Celestia?
> No. My
Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> There's several things that have to be done :
> - be able to subscribe other people to a package bug list (in this case
> the people listed in the Uploaders field), there should be some
> automation here, otherwise beeing in the Uploader field won't change
> anything
Le Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 07:55:43PM +0200, Martin Michlmayr écrivait:
> I think we should try to implement that scheme at least for packages in
> base and standard... but why not go ahead and try to do it for all
> packages?
Yes, this is a long term thing to do ... it will be quite a logical
step o
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> That's how I tried it, no go. dpkg-gencontrol does not contain the
> word '[Uu]ploaders' on my system either.
Oh, right, yah, okay; it appears it was only dpkg-source that was
patched. The dpkg-gencontrol is just a warning though, the Uploaders
field still
James Troup wrote:
> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm having a hard time getting it to work though. I tried Uploaders with
> > dpkg 1.9.17 and no go:
> >
> > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown information field Uploaders in input
> > data in general section of control info file
>
>
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm having a hard time getting it to work though. I tried Uploaders with
> dpkg 1.9.17 and no go:
>
> dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown information field Uploaders in input
> data in general section of control info file
It needs to be in the source section
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 07:55:43PM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> During the base freeze preparations in the last few weeks, a problem
> Debian has always had became apparent again. Since Debian is a
> distributed, volunteer run project it is hard to tell whether a maintainer
> is doing Debian w
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think it's a great idea. I also note that quite a few base packages
> already have multiple or backup maintainers -- dpkg, boot-floppies, and
> tasksel come to mind. I've also been unofficial backup maintainer for
> some other packages in the past and I do
I think it's a great idea. I also note that quite a few base packages
already have multiple or backup maintainers -- dpkg, boot-floppies, and
tasksel come to mind. I've also been unofficial backup maintainer for
some other packages in the past and I doubt I'm alone. Formalizing this
and using the U
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:57:06PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> I ought to listen to Zinsser and use shorter words
Only with Galt.
--
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>> John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How are things going to get better if new things like this aren't
> tried? It'll certainly knock out some issues in sponsorship and
> NM... If your only objections are those of the improbabilit
How are things going to get better if new things like this aren't tried?
It'll certainly knock out some issues in sponsorship and NM... If your
only objections are those of the improbability of getting it to work, let
Martin run with it and find out for hisself.
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Marcelo E. Ma
>> Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - Bugs could get fixed sooner since more people are working on the
> package. This would help us meeting our release goals.
The Mythical Man Month, of which Debian is exemplary[0]. "Given enough
eyes, all bugs are shallow", of which De
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