Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 04 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: > Has blocking been documented since I looked for the last time? Blocking has been documented for quite some time: revision 1.54 date: 2006-07-13 15:14:12 -0700; author: joeyh; state: Exp; lines: +7 -0 document block/unblock Don Armstrong -- I'd nev

Why not scan for unmaintained packages and orphan them?

2006-12-04 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Marc Haber [Mon, Dec 04 2006, 08:51:51AM]: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:05:21 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > >On Nov 30, Magnus Holmgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> But what about the middle case, i.e. "the behaviour described could be > >> reproduced, but it's no

Re: package update policy

2006-12-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061203 20:48]: > Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I just wanted to know if Debian has a policy (timeline) for inclusion of > > a newer release of a software. > > No, it doesn't. > > Individual maintainers may set such a policy for their own

Re: Mass closing of bugs ?

2006-12-04 Thread Filipus Klutiero
Do you have an estimation of the proportion of bugs that should be open? If less than half of bugs not found in a version ulterior to some version should be open, closing these bugs sounds like an idea. It would be less rude to first warn about the upcoming closure and ask owners to mark these b

Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-04 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:30:40 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, 04 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: >> Has blocking been documented since I looked for the last time? > >Blocking has been documented for quite some time: > >revision 1.54 >date: 2006-07-13 15:14:12 -0700; author: joey

Bug#401578: ITP: libfilter-template-perl -- Source filter for inline code templates (macros)

2006-12-04 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libfilter-template-perl Version : 1.02 Upstream Author : Rocco Caputo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matt Cashner * URL : http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Filter/ * License : GPL

Re: Bonsai: Candidate for removal from the archive?

2006-12-04 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 02:45:26AM +, Stephen Gran wrote: > > > Why exactly do you need a pre-depends to use a perl module in postinst? > > Because: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/bonsai-1.3+cvs20060111/debian$ grep use.*File > > bonsai.postinst > > use File::Find; > > The postinst is a Perl

Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-04 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 08:51:51AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:05:21 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > >On Nov 30, Magnus Holmgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> But what about the middle case, i.e. "the behaviour described could be > >> reproduced, but it

Re: Bonsai: Candidate for removal from the archive?

2006-12-04 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt dijo [Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 11:47:45AM +0100]: use File::Find; >>> Provided by perl-modules, which is build-essential. However, this >>> module is used at installation time (in postinst), so yes, this should >>> be listed as a pre

Re: Bonsai: Candidate for removal from the archive?

2006-12-04 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 02:45:26AM +, Stephen Gran wrote: >> You need Pre-Depends only when a package must be configured before your >> postinst is run. In the case of a perl module, I would think it only >> needs to be unpacked. > No, you need a Pr

Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Roberto C Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You mean so that different people can file the same bug over and over > again? Personally, I'd like to see a notabug tag so that you can have a > bug still appear on the BTS page but not count (maybe even put the > notabug bugs at the top or after t

Re: Mass closing of bugs ?

2006-12-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Mikhail Gusarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > MH> Considering that the maintainer scripts have not been inherited > MH> from mozilla, and that the mozilla engine is pretty different, > MH> may I just close all the bugs assigned to old mozilla packages, > MH> re

Re: Bonsai: Candidate for removal from the archive?

2006-12-04 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Steve Langasek said: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 02:45:26AM +, Stephen Gran wrote: > > You need Pre-Depends only when a package must be configured before your > > postinst is run. In the case of a perl module, I would think it only > > needs to be unpacked. > > No,

Re: Tempfile best practice vs. man pages

2006-12-04 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 03:49:27PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > The warning on mkstemp is wrong, or at least questionable. The info manual doesn't have this warning AFAICT. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

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Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 04 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:30:40 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, 04 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: > >Blocking has been documented for quite some time: > > > >revision 1.54 > >date: 2006-07-13 15:14:12 -0700; author: joeyh; state: Exp;

Bug#81118: software released GNU General

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Bug#279983: OrderTo an exact

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Bug#140230: Migration Did NewsLinks

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