On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 08:23:15AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Are all of these really meant to be customized? Some of them even have .mp3 > extensions. What is /etc/locale meant to be? That is not a standard > directory as far as I know. These seem like they belong in > /usr/share/netjuke. I don't have any opinion on this; netjuke seems like a very poorly maintained (unmaintained in fact) package. About 10 minutes after installing and futzing with it I removed it and just installed the tarfile off the website. Unless packages put into Debian are going to be vetted for "won't break apt" I think focusing on how broken said packages are is the wrong outlook for this bug.
> Patches gratefully accepted. Asking for patches is all well and nice, but the apt source code doesn't strike me as being particularly suited for someone to just jump in and start working on. This isn't necessarily a criticism, it's a complex set of programs which generally work well. But it's not obvious to me that someone who's not familiar with *why* there's a 32k buffer in the first place should start futzing with it. Is there a reason the buffer doesn't resize? Is there a reason mmap isn't used? Is there a class of exploits to be concerned with? Is there a mechanism for passing around state information in the case of an error? Offhand I don't see any architectural guide in the apt source and the fact that the bug has been open for 6 months without any indication that it's going to be fixed makes me suspect this isn't an easy problem for an apt novice to take a swing at. If you think otherwise I might make a go of it (although I'm more of a C rather than C++ programmer). -- ..ooOO [EMAIL PROTECTED] | My opinions are my own OOoo.. ..ooOO [EMAIL PROTECTED] | and certainly not those OOoo.. ..ooOO http://www.chiappa.net/~chris/ | of my employer OOoo..
