On 2015/07/24-15:37, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> On 2015-06-30 11:49:00, Rowan Thorpe wrote:
> > I browsed the latest reportbug code and found that it has two
> > config-settings:
> >
> > * "config-files" (Should I ever include modified config files?)
> > * "compress" (Should I strip down modified config files?)
> >
> > at:
> >
> > https://sources.debian.net/src/reportbug/6.6.3/conf/reportbug.conf/#L40
> >
> > I realise this bugreport is from August last year, and I didn't yet spend
> > time
> > looking deeply to find if those settings were added to reportbug after or
> > before the report, but either way it seems they are enough to overcome the
> > problem described, in a scalable way, for all packages (which makes more
> > sense
> > than each package trying to implement their own safety-measures).
> >
> > I suggest this can be resolved as "fixed" (or "wontfix"? as the "fix" is
> > actually in reportbug...), but I won't actually close the bug (yet). I will
> > wait a few days until either:
> >
> > (A) someone suggests why this in fact should not be closed
> > (B) someone else closes it
> >
> > If neither happens I will close it myself soon.
>
> I guess this depends on whether there's a way to tell reportbug to avoid
> including certain files in bug reports. If there's such a way, this is a
> bug in smokeping.
Just to clarify, I presume you mean:
[A] "...whether there's a way for a specific _package_ to tell reportbug to
unconditionally avoid specific files when processing _itself_..."
as opposed to:
[B] "...whether there's a way for the _user_ to tell reportbug to avoid a
class-of-files for _all packages_..." (e.g. using the "config-files"
reportbug config-setting)
If so, I don't (yet) know about [A] myself. Will investigate soon unless
someone else does first.
> If there isn't, this should be a wishlist for reportbug, then a bug in
> smokeping once implemented.
...or so we don't lose track, this existing bug could stay open and just be
tagged as blocked by the reportbug wishlist-bug.
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