Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrei POPESCU writes ("Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)"): > Last time someone (Bcc'd) tried to tackle these (admittedly without > contacting the maintainer in advance) the contributor was prevented > from doing so and

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-15 Thread Ian Jackson
Rob Browning writes ("Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)"): > Don Armstrong writes: > > The right solution for these (and other bugs which happen when source > > packages are renamed) is for the bugs to follow the ne

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-14 Thread Rob Browning
Rob Browning writes: > I agree (as far as emacsXY and guile-X.Y are concerned). Anyone should > feel free to reassign them to emacs24 (or guile-2.0 respectively). > > Otherwise, I'll plan to do it. And I hope it goes without saying, but I'm always happy to have help dealing with the bugs -- eve

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-14 Thread Rob Browning
Don Armstrong writes: > The right solution for these (and other bugs which happen when source > packages are renamed) is for the bugs to follow the new source package > name. > > Eventually this is the way it will work in the BTS, but doing so > requires me to complete the postgresql migration wo

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-11 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 10 May 2014, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014, Rob Browning wrote: > > If we can, I'd like to remove emacs23 from unstable/testing before the > > freeze. To make that possible, any relevant packages will need to > > migrate to emacs24, or just include support for emacs24. >

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-11 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 06:56:24PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Having these bugs rott in a corner of the BTS almost nobody ever looks at is > a > disservice to our users. IMO there should be 0 bugs open against > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint= If that's really desirable,

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-11 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:29:22PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2014-05-11 at 15:39 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > [...] > > So, the natural thing to do would be to reassign them. > > I think the natural thing to do is to close with a message explaining > how to reopen and reassign if the

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-11 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2014-05-11 at 15:39 +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 06:56:24PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > I believe all those bugs should be either reassigned to emacs23 (and soon > > 24) > > or just be closed with an informal message, also offering to reopen and > > reassign

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-11 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 06:56:24PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > I believe all those bugs should be either reassigned to emacs23 (and soon 24) > or just be closed with an informal message, also offering to reopen and > reassign to emacs23/24 if applicable. [...] Closing them would be a disservic

Re: ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 10 mai 14, 18:56:24, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Having these bugs rott in a corner of the BTS almost nobody ever looks at is > a > disservice to our users. IMO there should be 0 bugs open against > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint= To also bring some numbers to this: $

ignoring bugs with no maintainer (Re: Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing)

2014-05-10 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Rob, On Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014, Rob Browning wrote: > If we can, I'd like to remove emacs23 from unstable/testing before the > freeze. To make that possible, any relevant packages will need to > migrate to emacs24, or just include support for emacs24. what's your plan for dealing with old bugs

Removal of emacs23 from unstable/testing

2014-05-06 Thread Rob Browning
If we can, I'd like to remove emacs23 from unstable/testing before the freeze. To make that possible, any relevant packages will need to migrate to emacs24, or just include support for emacs24. In a while, assuming there are no showstopping objections, I'll see about filing the relevant bugs for