Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-10 Thread Peter S Galbraith
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-10 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-10 Thread Roberto Sanchez
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

BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread A. Loonstra
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread John Hasler
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread Stuart Robinson
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread A. Loonstra
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread Monique Y. Herman
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

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-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 - -- .''`.

Re: BUG in package, what to do?

2003-10-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-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