Blars Blarson wrote:
The files in /var/lib/hinfo are included indirectly in the default /etc/hinfo.conf . You can modify /etc/hinfo.conf not to use them if desired. Anternatly, you can override the settings in them by modifying /etc/hinfo.conf .
The problem was with hinfo-update, which as near as I can tell from studying the script, is not configurable to behave in any way other than overwriting the files that were shipped in the package. So I think that my assessment of this as a policy violation is correct.
This submitter has submitted many overinflated severity bugs, and now thinks hinfo should not be release because they arn't fixed instantly.
I'm perfectly willing to admit that I submitted one overinflated severity bug, 389925. I admitted as much within the bug itself. However, I don't think that any of my other bugs, all filed at normal, and only one bumped up to serious with a reasonable explanation after having been open for 17 months, could possibly be considered overinflated.
Additionally, I don't think that anyone would consider bugs that were as old as April 2005, with the newest filed in June 2006, "instant" by any stretch of the imagination. The package had not seen any maintainer activity in over a year, and had outstanding bugs which needed attention, many with patches. I stand by my filing of 389925, and would do it again.
Most would have been fixed if the users had used hinfo-update. DNSbl and whois info change to frequently to expect values shipped in a Debian stable release to remain constant.
I had been running hinfo-update until it started overwriting my corrected versions of the files with uncorrected versions from your website. I then proceded to watch the bugs for "fixed-upstream" tags, as you had previously done with 303781 and 308318, for signs that it was safe to re-enable it; however, that never happened, so I was unable to re-enable it. Thank you for pointing out that I could have enabled it and disabled those buggy lists in hinfo.conf -- I was unaware of the exclude feature, and will use it in the future.
Thank you for uploading a fixed package, in time for etch. I do find hinfo very useful, and thank you for maintaining it.
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