On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:58:52PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to join bug control to be able to work more effectively on apt, > python-apt bugs (and probably some in the other packages I maintain as > a Debian Developer in Debian and most of which I also maintain upstream). > > I'm also about to request PPU for those packages. > > > Do you promise to be polite to bug reporters even if they are rude to you > > or Ubuntu? Have you signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct? > > Yes, yes. > > > Have you read Bugs/Triage, Bugs/Assignment, Bugs/Status and > > Bugs/Importance? Do you have any questions about that documentation? > > Yes I read them, and I don't have any questions. > > > What sensitive data should you look for in a private Apport crash report > > bug before making it public? See Bugs/Triage for more information. > > Coredumps and stuff like login data > > > > Is there a particular package or group of packages that you are interested > > in helping out with? > > Primarily apt and python-apt. Also dh-autoreconf, dir2ogg, gnu-efi, hardlink, > hplip, ndisgtk, ndiswrapper - all of > which I (co-)maintain upstream in Debian, so it's quite useful to be able to > control bugs here as well, as I close > them from changelogs uploaded to Debian. > > > Please list five or more bug reports which you have triaged and include an > > explanation of your decisions. > > Please note that these bugs should be representative of your very best work > > and they should demonstrate > > your understanding of the triage process and how to properly handle bugs. > > For all the bugs in the list, > > please indicate what importance you would give it and explain the > > reasoning. Please use urls in your list of bugs. > > As an upstream APT developer, triaging the bug mostly ends up with knowing > what the failure is and fixing > it directly, so it's not really going to be a fancy list here. > > 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1547984 (not really > completely done yet) > > APT warns about downloading a package when it cannot drop permissions. > es20490446e set the importance to > high which is slightly ridiculous, as a warning is just a minor > inconvenience or "A usability issue that > does not limit the functionality of a core application." and should thus > be medium. > > 2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1562733 > > This is APT rejecting repositories without SHA2 fields. After this turned > out to become a problem > for AppStream, I developed a work around and a test case for it, which is > now part of 1.2.12 and 1.3~exp1 > > I think High is somewhat correct, as that's an annoying issue for a small > set of people. > > 3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/565364 > > I explained why this happens and actually rewrote the whole policy engine > during last year's DebConf > to fix this bug amongst a lot of others. Medium is correct here, as the > old pinning engine worked > reasonably well for a decade or something, that is, "A bug that has a > moderate impact on a core application." > > 4. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/275994 > > Changed to a more reasonable title. The Debian bug was closed as wontfix, > I guess we should probably > do the same here, although I'm somewhat open to actually convincing the > rest of the APT team to allow > that as a hidden option, as it can be useful. > > There are a lot of older APT crashes that I worked on, but I cannot find them > anymore, and that > was a long time ago. I gradually improved APT, first by adding a file size to > the cache to detect > a truncated cache (which should actually be the sole reason crashes occur), > and now it has a checksum.
Given that you are an upstream (Debian) developer, I've added you to Ubuntu Bug Control. Thanks for helping out! -- Brian Murray
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