Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-09-19 Thread Lars Strojny
Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 10.08.2006, 19:50 +0200 schrieb Jeroen Roovers: [...] > On a minor note, I'd also like to see bug reporters use canonical > package names in bug descriptions, including the category (and > preferably the specific version, not some >=foo-3*!!!one, not to > mention specifying

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-13 Thread Ned Ludd
On Sat, 2006-08-12 at 17:17 +0200, Harald van Dijk wrote: > On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:42:32PM +, Francesco Riosa wrote: > > [...] > > >> > > >> $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo > > > > > > This works better: > > > > > > $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo/ > > > > > > This avoids the case where a file by the same na

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-12 Thread Harald van Dijk
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 02:42:32PM +, Francesco Riosa wrote: > [...] > >> > >> $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo > > > > This works better: > > > > $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo/ > > > > This avoids the case where a file by the same name exists (for > > example, in licenses/). > > may be > $ cd gentoo-x86/*-*/

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-12 Thread Francesco Riosa
[...] >> >> $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo > > This works better: > > $ cd gentoo-x86/*/foo/ > > This avoids the case where a file by the same name exists (for > example, in licenses/). may be $ cd gentoo-x86/*-*/foo/ ? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-12 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 13:13:48 +0200 Simon Stelling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeroen Roovers wrote: > > On a minor note, I'd also like to see bug reporters use canonical > > package names in bug descriptions, including the category (and > > preferably the specific version, not some >=foo-3*!!!one

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-12 Thread Harald van Dijk
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 01:13:48PM +0200, Simon Stelling wrote: > Jeroen Roovers wrote: > > On a minor note, I'd also like to see bug reporters use canonical > > package names in bug descriptions, including the category (and > > preferably the specific version, not some >=foo-3*!!!one, not to > > m

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-12 Thread Simon Stelling
Jeroen Roovers wrote: > On a minor note, I'd also like to see bug reporters use canonical > package names in bug descriptions, including the category (and > preferably the specific version, not some >=foo-3*!!!one, not to > mention specifying no version at all). Including the category means > arch

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-11 Thread Matti Bickel
Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ATs can inform you whether something works in the comment to an > attachment, which, unlike the attachment, will end up in my mailbox. Ok, so i sample my emerge --info > myconfig.txt and attach that. This is ok with me. However, i propose that this funct

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-11 Thread Kevin F. Quinn
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:40:23 +0200 Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:52:30 +0200 > "Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In general it depends what you're doing. Personally I find inline > > emerge --info quicker to process, as I tend to do that by sc

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-11 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:52:30 +0200 "Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In general it depends what you're doing. Personally I find inline > emerge --info quicker to process, as I tend to do that by scrolling up > and down a bug when trying to determine what triggers a bug. However > tha

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-11 Thread Kevin F. Quinn
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:51:56 +0200 Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:58:46 +0200 > "Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem with attachments is that processing the report takes > > longer > > - you have to go to the web to read the attachment

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Ferris McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Matti Bickel wrote: Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why do arch testers need to post `emerge --info` if everything works? Shouldn't we be able to trust that they have sane CFLAGS, proper FEATURES, and an up to date syste

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Thu, 2006-08-10 at 18:29 -0400, Thomas Cort wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:58:46 +0200 > "Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's not about trust, it's about knowing what the CFLAGS/FEATURES > > were. That way if someone else reports a failure, you can compare the > > reports an

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Jeroen Roovers
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:58:46 +0200 "Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with attachments is that processing the report takes > longer > - you have to go to the web to read the attachment to find out what > config worked (or failed, if that was the case). It's best to have it

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Thomas Cort
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:58:46 +0200 "Kevin F. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not about trust, it's about knowing what the CFLAGS/FEATURES > were. That way if someone else reports a failure, you can compare the > reports and see what differences might be triggering the fault. I get that

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Matti Bickel
Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why do arch testers need to post `emerge --info` if everything works? > Shouldn't we be able to trust that they have sane CFLAGS, proper > FEATURES, and an up to date system? Once there was the idea of putting AT testing system specs somewhere, so arch devs

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Kevin F. Quinn
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:44:13 -0400 Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:50:55 +0200 > Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I propose the `emerge --info` included in arch testers' comments on > > stabilisation bugs should rather be posted as attachments. The A

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Thomas Cort
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:50:55 +0200 Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I propose the `emerge --info` included in arch testers' comments on > stabilisation bugs should rather be posted as attachments. The AT > comments clog up the bugs and are usually not interesting at all to devs > other

[gentoo-dev] RFC: AT emerge info cruft > attachments on bugs.g.o

2006-08-10 Thread Jeroen Roovers
Hi everybody, I propose the `emerge --info` included in arch testers' comments on stabilisation bugs should rather be posted as attachments. The AT comments clog up the bugs and are usually not interesting at all to devs other than those who are arch devs for the relevant arches. It would ce