Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-21 Thread Joel Baker
On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 01:28:41PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Joel" == Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joel> It would also presumably allow you to add a filter such as > Joel> "don't display any bug with a dependancy on any other > Joel> still-open bug"; thus allowing

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-20 Thread Brian May
> "Joel" == Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joel> It strikes me that this problem is actually similar to a Joel> couple of others, and all of them could be reasonably Joel> resolved by a new concept in the BTS - bug dependancies. Joel> All it really says is "Some part o

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-20 Thread Brian May
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wouter> Simple. When merging a bug, you claim that the two bugs Wouter> are really the same. They're not just related, nor are Ok, so what we need is a method of saying two bugs are related, but not the same. > "Colin" ==

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-19 Thread Joel Baker
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:26:23AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Bernd" == Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bernd> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > >> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > >> people will enco

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:14:25AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How about merging those bugs with the bug reported against the correct > >> package? > > Wouter> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ > W

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:16:02AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin> * Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-18 13:32]: > >> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ properties (tags, > >> severity, pac

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:14:25AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wouter> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ > Wouter> properties (tags, severity, package reported against, ...) > Wouter> are the same. > > Wh

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Adrian" == Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: >> I have a number of bugs reported against my packages which are >> actually (already reported) bugs in other packages. Adrian> Reading the rest of the thread, I conclude that adding an Adri

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Adeodato" == Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adeodato> * Bernd Eckenfels [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:01:32 +0200]: >> Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my package" >> function in reportbugs :) Adeodato> such functionality exists, via the Ade

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Bernd" == Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bernd> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: >> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other >> people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my >> package a

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> * Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-18 13:32]: >> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ properties (tags, >> severity, package reported against, ...) are the same. Martin> Just for th

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wouter> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:19:18AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: >> > I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other >> > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my >>

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Monday 18 October 2004 06:01 am, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my package" > function in reportbugs :) I've actually seen some packages do this. For instance, try submitting a bug against mozilla-firefox.. Daniel -- /--

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Monday 18 October 2004 09.54, Brian May wrote: > Hello, > > I have a number of bugs reported against my packages which are > actually (already reported) bugs in other packages. Reading the rest of the thread, I conclude that adding an explanation to the bug and tagging it wontfix is probably t

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my > package" function in reportbugs :) That already exists: /usr/share/bug/. "reportbug galeon" provides a reasonable example run.

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Bernd Eckenfels [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:01:32 +0200]: > Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my package" > function in reportbugs :) such functionality exists, via the /usr/share/bug//presubj file. see /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers. -- Adeodato Simó EM

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-18 13:32]: > That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ properties (tags, > severity, package reported against, ...) are the same. Just for the record, tags are an exception. They are merged when you merge bugs. -- Martin Michlmayr http:/

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Frank Küster
Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: >> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other >> people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my >> package again (as it isn't always obvious that

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:19:18AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my > > package again (as it isn't always obvious that it isn't the fault of > > my package). >

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my > package again (as it isn't always obvious that it isn't the fault of > my package). So you do no

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Gergely Nagy
> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my > package again (as it isn't always obvious that it isn't the fault of > my package). How about merging those bugs with the bug reported against the correct

forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
Hello, I have a number of bugs reported against my packages which are actually (already reported) bugs in other packages. I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my package again (as it isn't always obvi