Hi all, On Do, 21 Feb 2008, Rene Engelhard wrote: > I am barely keeping up with *new* bugreports and updating the packages, > keeping them buildable, backporting fixes from upstream etc.
We from the Debian TeX Team have a very similar problem. There are about 300 bugs taken over from teTeX times into the TeX Live packages. Our team consists of a few DD and few helpers, but of all I am currently the only actually active one (and I myself am on permanent quasi VAC till May). I try to keep up with new bugs and fixing them, but there is NO way I will *ever* find time to go through 300 bugs taken over from tetex. I was (and am) tempted to do something similar, because I consider this pile of dust^Wbugs just obscurring the important things. I consider currently: - severity = important -> fit for my time investment - severity >= serious -> trying to fix immediately - severity <= normal -> let them rod That is the reality. Now and then I try to fix new bugs of sevrerity normal or wishlist, but that's it. The problem with most bugs are that submitters do not care at all to - try to find a solution themselves - read other bug reports - use google - read the policy - think Sounds harsh, but that is the reality, unfortunately. Have a lot of fun, and when I am back from the mountains expect some bug triaging from TeX Live packages ... Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BENBURB The sort of man who becomes a returning officer. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]