Re: BUG in package, what to do?
Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:09:41PM +0200, A. Loonstra wrote: How long would it take, normally? There is no normal when it comes to bugfixes. Depends on how trivial or non-trivial the bug is. If it's something like a packaging bug, usually next-day in sid. If it's upstream, whenever upstream gets off it's ass. Sometimes it's the other way around... It depends on the maintainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:38:41PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: | On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:09:41PM +0200, A. Loonstra wrote: | How long would it take, normally? | | There is no normal when it comes to bugfixes. Depends on how trivial | or non-trivial the bug is. It also depends on opinions with respect to the bug. Sometimes you might call something a bug but someone else calls it a feature. Sometimes, too, a given bug is considered the lesser of two evils. In these situations then the bug might not get fixed. -D -- He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22 http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:38:41PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: | On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:09:41PM +0200, A. Loonstra wrote: | How long would it take, normally? | | There is no normal when it comes to bugfixes. Depends on how trivial | or non-trivial the bug is. It also depends on opinions with respect to the bug. Sometimes you might call something a bug but someone else calls it a feature. Sometimes, too, a given bug is considered the lesser of two evils. In these situations then the bug might not get fixed. What you are specifically talking about is termed regression fault in software engineering lingo. Basically, fixing one problem introduces other problems. If they are bad enough, as you pointed out they may be, it is not worth it to fix the original bug until a suitable solution can be found for both. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
BUG in package, what to do?
Since I do not do this very often a very basic question: I found a problem with a package. I want it to be fixed since it hasn't for days. What do I do??? The package is xfce4 which is uninstallable because of broken packages. Since that is all it says I don't nou where to go next. I found this though but that's only a report. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=212800 Any ideas. Arnaud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
Arnaud writes: I found a problem with a package. I want it to be fixed since it hasn't for days. What do I do? File a bug report. 'apt-get install reportbug', run reportbug, and follow instructions. The package is xfce4 which is uninstallable because of broken packages. Since that is all it says I don't nou where to go next. This is in Unstable, I presume? If so just wait. This is not an unusual situation in Unstable. That's why it's called that. I found this though but that's only a report. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=212800 So the problem has already been reported. There are two things you can do: 1) Submit a patch that fixes the problem. 2) Wait. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 15:52, John Hasler wrote: Arnaud writes: I found a problem with a package. I want it to be fixed since it hasn't for days. What do I do? File a bug report. 'apt-get install reportbug', run reportbug, and follow instructions. hehehe - #211601 - Reportbug Broken *grin* -- Stuart Robinson Leeds, United Kingdom http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xD881978E signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
Stuart Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 15:52, John Hasler wrote: Arnaud writes: I found a problem with a package. I want it to be fixed since it hasn't for days. What do I do? File a bug report. 'apt-get install reportbug', run reportbug, and follow instructions. hehehe - #211601 - Reportbug Broken *grin* That bug is closed, BTW. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
John Hasler wrote: [snip] So the problem has already been reported. There are two things you can do: 1) Submit a patch that fixes the problem. 2) Wait. How long would it take, normally? Arnaud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 at 18:09 GMT, A. Loonstra penned: John Hasler wrote: [snip] So the problem has already been reported. There are two things you can do: 1) Submit a patch that fixes the problem. 2) Wait. How long would it take, normally? Arnaud. Between 1 day and 1 year, or never, depending on the time and inclinations of the maintainer and developers. Open source projects often depend on a little thing we like to call volunteer labor. That means that we, as users, should be grateful for the fact that people care enough to maintain this stuff and to make it available for our use. If you really care about having a given feature available, you have two choices: 1) Figure out the fix and submit the patch yourself 2) Contact the developer and negotiate a price that will make this fix a priority for them. If this seems odd to you, bear in mind that thus far, you've been getting the product for free. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 03:14:45PM +0200, A. Loonstra wrote: The package is xfce4 which is uninstallable because of broken packages. Since that is all it says I don't nou where to go next. apt-get install reportbug man reportbug - -- .''`. Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/hifYUzgNqloQMwcRAvIuAKDSp0yRwEeNql/SAljA/mDC8mrkuwCgwlHg +TEcRuaGIALoOtGP1iuUiE8= =4ERJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BUG in package, what to do?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:09:41PM +0200, A. Loonstra wrote: How long would it take, normally? There is no normal when it comes to bugfixes. Depends on how trivial or non-trivial the bug is. If it's something like a packaging bug, usually next-day in sid. If it's upstream, whenever upstream gets off it's ass. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/hinAUzgNqloQMwcRApn5AJ9DHzXH2CrNX52DPa7RT07rbmilqACeIN/M tcGwXzkS+py5ciM29VyffIc= =Sgld -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
