> Good idea. Main rules prefered by me: > > - send the bug to the BTS > - set "upstream" tag and s end Cc' to the upstream > - severity: normal/minor/whishlist, depending on the problem w/o changes > - if you provide a _tested_ patch, send the patch tag, otherwise DO NOT > > Gruss/Regards, > Eduard. > -- > Eingedeutschte Fehlermeldungen sind doch etwas > schoenes: "Kein Weltraum links auf dem Geraet"
Hi, These are good suggestions but I don't like them exactly as they are. 1) send bug to the BTS with a patch. 2) If the patch sucks, and the debian maintainer knows why it sucks, then the debian maintainer can help the submitter improve the patch, if not the debian maintainer can send the patch upstream. I like this because the debian maintainers should have a better understanding of their package than a porter, and should know the upstream developers than a porter. Sometimes problems come up while trying to get patches upstream, such as a dead upstream, or an unco-operative upstream. In these cases the debian maintainer should apply the patch and live happily until upstream supports GNU/Hurd. 3) Bugs should be 'serious', GNU/Hurd is a Debian platform but is not released. These are not normal, minor, or wishlist bugs as defined on the bugs page: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities . i) minor: although these fixes may be trivial in some cases, the bug severly affects the usability of the package on GNU/Hurd. ii) wishlist: GNU/Hurd support is not a feature for debian. However, some bugs are difficult to fix, but they are not caused by design decisions, they are bugs due to coding style. iii) normal: No real explaination can be given. iv) important: the package is unusable on GNU/Hurd, so the bug does have a major usability impact on GNU/Hurd users, they do exist. However, usually the bug does not affect GNU/Linux users. v) serious or critical: usually porting fixes don't fix or add security holes, and GNU/Hurd isn't in testing yet, so these shouldn't be RC bugs. ===== James Morrison University of Waterloo Computer Science - Digital Hardware 2A co-op http://hurd.dyndns.org Anyone referring to this as 'Open Source' shall be eaten by a GNU __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
