Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-05 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 05 January 2007 02:30, Joey Hess wrote: Well, I'd hate to miss the syslog, it's invaluable when there's a problem. Perhaps the last N lines could be included, where N is sufficiently large to include most syslogs. Is it really that important? It is only (optionally!) included if

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: Is it really that important? It is only (optionally!) included if reportbug is used, which means that the install was more or less successful. reportbug is able to pull the logs from a running d-i instance. Granted I don't know if a lot of people use it that way.. (Maybe we

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-05 Thread Joey Hess
Joey Hess wrote: reportbug is able to pull the logs from a running d-i instance. Granted I don't know if a lot of people use it that way.. Probably none, since I thought I'd implemented it, but have apparently not yet. :-) -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-04 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: Yes, I suggested the same in my other mail, but I'd disable syslog as well as its size is indeterminate and so could still result in us missing the installation report. Well, I'd hate to miss the syslog, it's invaluable when there's a problem. Perhaps the last N lines could

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-02 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: Joey, do you have any ideas how to resolve this? AFAIK it's not possible to attach things to messages using the current reportbug interface. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 21:06, you wrote: Frans Pop wrote: Joey, do you have any ideas how to resolve this? AFAIK it's not possible to attach things to messages using the current reportbug interface. I've taken a look at reportbug and it looks like you are right. I also don't see a

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-02 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: Another example: http://bugs.debian.org/405169 and I have no idea how many other reports we've not seen on the list... I really feel we are losing too many bug reports through this and am therefore raising severity to serious. I don't think that the serious severity is

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-02 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 02 January 2007 22:23, Joey Hess wrote: I don't think that the serious severity is approprate for t his report, unless it's causing actual data loss (if so, it should be grave). Posts not getting through to a mailing list is not data loss, if they make it to the BTS. IMO it is

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-01 Thread Frans Pop
severity 403346 serious thanks Another example: http://bugs.debian.org/405169 and I have no idea how many other reports we've not seen on the list... I really feel we are losing too many bug reports through this and am therefore raising severity to serious. Joey, do you have any ideas how to

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2007-01-01 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 01-01-2007 om 13:12 schreef Frans Pop: severity 403346 serious second! Another example: http://bugs.debian.org/405169 and I have no idea how many other reports we've not seen on the list... Initial _long_ report seen on the list 402956 403778 403904 all got a follow-up that don't need

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2006-12-17 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 16-12-2006 om 13:12 schreef Frans Pop: Two possible solutions are: - not including files that can get huge by default Or even not including any file by default. Bugreport should be opened with a small message. That allows easy processing (and is a minimum load to mailinglists) -

Bug#403346: installation-report: Creates mails that are way too big and never make the list

2006-12-16 Thread Frans Pop
Package: installation-report Version: 2.24 Severity: important Because installation-report attaches all log files uncompressed, we are missing _a lot_ of installation reports on the debian-boot list. The mailing lists have a default size limit set of 102400. For debian-boot this has already