On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:43:50 +0530 Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/02/26 23:17 +0000, Neil Williams said ... > > Test output: > > bsdmainutils (6.1.10em1) is an Emdebian package, redirecting to > > buildd.emdebian.org. > > This sounds as if the bug is being filed at buildd.emdebian.org rather > than bugs.debian.org, perhaps say "filing a bug against the > buildd.emdebian.org pseudo-package" or some such? > OK, I was just using a short message for simplicity. bsdmainutils (6.1.10em1) is an Emdebian package - filing bug against the buildd.emdebian.org pseudo-package initially, as requested by Emdebian. ? Maybe then a comment in reportbug (1) that the bug will be re-assigned later, if appropriate - or maybe use the novice|expert structure so that novices get an extra line saying that the bug will be re-assigned later if appropriate. The reasoning is that Emdebian modifies Debian packages and therefore the bug might only exist in Emdebian - this needs to be checked by the Emdebian developers first. > > email body would have contained: > > Subject: buildd.emdebian.org: test bug > > Matter of personal choice, but don't you think "buildd.emdebian.org" is > an overkill in the subject? Wouldn't just "emdebian" do? Actually, that is a very good point. Filing a bug against ftp.debian.org (the closest equivalent pseudo-package) leaves the pseudo-package out of the subject entirely and has a Package: field in the bug report. I think that is a better implementation. Thanks for noticing. I think we will need to have support for customised subject templates along the lines of wnpp and ftp.debian.org, indeed most pseudo-packages. Emdebian will need support for: 1. Identification (from the user or apt-cache policy) as to whether this is Emdebian Crush (cross-built) or Emdebian Grip (closer to Debian). This is a no-op so far because Crush does not yet support python. :-) (or perl, or java or anything except C really). 2. Support for RM bugs with suite and other features similar to ftp.debian.org 3. Support for RFP|ITP bugs without the requirement for the current wnpp body template because the package needs to exist in Debian anyway before being requested for Emdebian. This would just be a convention in the subject line. 4. Support for user tags. ;-) Those would, together, provide a way to reorganise the buildd.emdebian.org page in the BTS along the lines of ftp.debian.org and wnpp, making it easier for everyone. Initially, all this can be left as "conventions-to-be-finalised" for the subject line itself and only loosely following current practice for similar packages in Debian. Therefore, I don't want to stipulate hard-coded support for this into reportbug at this time, just outline what I will probably be looking to implement in a few months from now. Can such support be implemented via /usr/share/bug/* ? -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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