su, 2005-03-06 kello 21:09 +0100, Thiemo Seufer kirjoitti: > We don't talk about automated bug filing here.
We're talking about filing over 6000 bugs for watch files. It may not be automated, but it is mass-filing. It doesn't matter if it takes weeks or months, it is still not a good idea. That is what I am primarily objecting to, and what I understand Jeroen also to be objecting to. Since there is no consensus, as far as I can see, that putting watch files into packages is a good thing, mass-filing bugs is a really bad idea. > If somebody writes > patches to fix (valid) lintian problems it is IMHO clearly legitimate > to file that as a wishlist bug. Of course there are bogus Lintian > triggers, this needs to be taken into account. Fixing packages one by one is not mass-filing bugs. > Why would it be impossible for the maintainer to update the watchfile > in his package? Getting the updated package into stable is the point. > And, just to point out the obvious, watch files are supposed to help > with development of new versions of a package. There's simply no point > to care about them aside from the one in the newest package. Packages in stable may be missing from unstable, or have a different name in unstable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]