Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-21 Thread Joel Baker
On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 01:28:41PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Joel" == Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joel> It would also presumably allow you to add a filter such as > Joel> "don't display any bug with a dependancy on any other > Joel> still-open bug"; thus allowing

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-20 Thread Brian May
> "Joel" == Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joel> It strikes me that this problem is actually similar to a Joel> couple of others, and all of them could be reasonably Joel> resolved by a new concept in the BTS - bug dependancies. Joel> All it really says is "Some part o

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-20 Thread Brian May
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wouter> Simple. When merging a bug, you claim that the two bugs Wouter> are really the same. They're not just related, nor are Ok, so what we need is a method of saying two bugs are related, but not the same. > "Colin" ==

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-19 Thread Joel Baker
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:26:23AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Bernd" == Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bernd> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > >> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > >> people will enco

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:14:25AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How about merging those bugs with the bug reported against the correct > >> package? > > Wouter> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ > W

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:16:02AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin> * Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-18 13:32]: > >> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ properties (tags, > >> severity, pac

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:14:25AM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wouter> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ > Wouter> properties (tags, severity, package reported against, ...) > Wouter> are the same. > > Wh

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Adrian" == Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: >> I have a number of bugs reported against my packages which are >> actually (already reported) bugs in other packages. Adrian> Reading the rest of the thread, I conclude that adding an Adri

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Adeodato" == Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adeodato> * Bernd Eckenfels [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:01:32 +0200]: >> Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my package" >> function in reportbugs :) Adeodato> such functionality exists, via the Ade

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Bernd" == Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bernd> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: >> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other >> people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my >> package a

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> * Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-18 13:32]: >> That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ properties (tags, >> severity, package reported against, ...) are the same. Martin> Just for th

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Brian May
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wouter> On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:19:18AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: >> > I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other >> > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my >>

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Monday 18 October 2004 06:01 am, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my package" > function in reportbugs :) I've actually seen some packages do this. For instance, try submitting a bug against mozilla-firefox.. Daniel -- /--

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Monday 18 October 2004 09.54, Brian May wrote: > Hello, > > I have a number of bugs reported against my packages which are > actually (already reported) bugs in other packages. Reading the rest of the thread, I conclude that adding an explanation to the bug and tagging it wontfix is probably t

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my > package" function in reportbugs :) That already exists: /usr/share/bug/. "reportbug galeon" provides a reasonable example run.

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Bernd Eckenfels [Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:01:32 +0200]: > Perhaps we need a "read this before submitting bugs against my package" > function in reportbugs :) such functionality exists, via the /usr/share/bug//presubj file. see /usr/share/doc/reportbug/README.developers. -- Adeodato Simó EM

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-10-18 13:32]: > That's not possible. You can only merge bugs if /all/ properties (tags, > severity, package reported against, ...) are the same. Just for the record, tags are an exception. They are merged when you merge bugs. -- Martin Michlmayr http:/

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Frank Küster
Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: >> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other >> people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my >> package again (as it isn't always obvious that

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:19:18AM +0200, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my > > package again (as it isn't always obvious that it isn't the fault of > > my package). >

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 05:54:44PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my > package again (as it isn't always obvious that it isn't the fault of > my package). So you do no

Re: forwarding bugs to other packages

2004-10-18 Thread Gergely Nagy
> I could just close the bug against my package, but this means other > people will encounter the same problem and report the bug against my > package again (as it isn't always obvious that it isn't the fault of > my package). How about merging those bugs with the bug reported against the correct