On 2015-07-25 10:03:00, Rowan Thorpe wrote:
> On 2015/07/24-15:37, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
>> On 2015-06-30 11:49:00, Rowan Thorpe wrote:
>> > I browsed the latest reportbug code and found that it has two
>> > config-settings:
>> >
>> > * "config-files" (Should I ever include modified config files?)
>> > * "compress" (Should I strip down modified config files?)
>> >
>> > at:
>> >
>> > https://sources.debian.net/src/reportbug/6.6.3/conf/reportbug.conf/#L40
>> >
>> > I realise this bugreport is from August last year, and I didn't yet spend
>> > time
>> > looking deeply to find if those settings were added to reportbug after or
>> > before the report, but either way it seems they are enough to overcome the
>> > problem described, in a scalable way, for all packages (which makes more
>> > sense
>> > than each package trying to implement their own safety-measures).
>> >
>> > I suggest this can be resolved as "fixed" (or "wontfix"? as the "fix" is
>> > actually in reportbug...), but I won't actually close the bug (yet). I will
>> > wait a few days until either:
>> >
>> > (A) someone suggests why this in fact should not be closed
>> > (B) someone else closes it
>> >
>> > If neither happens I will close it myself soon.
>>
>> I guess this depends on whether there's a way to tell reportbug to avoid
>> including certain files in bug reports. If there's such a way, this is a
>> bug in smokeping.
>
> Just to clarify, I presume you mean:
>
> [A] "...whether there's a way for a specific _package_ to tell reportbug to
> unconditionally avoid specific files when processing _itself_..."
>
> as opposed to:
>
> [B] "...whether there's a way for the _user_ to tell reportbug to avoid a
> class-of-files for _all packages_..." (e.g. using the "config-files"
> reportbug config-setting)
>
> If so, I don't (yet) know about [A] myself. Will investigate soon unless
> someone else does first.
A yes, i conflated the two issues, but it's more accurate to describe
this as [A].
>> If there isn't, this should be a wishlist for reportbug, then a bug in
>> smokeping once implemented.
>
> ...or so we don't lose track, this existing bug could stay open and just be
> tagged as blocked by the reportbug wishlist-bug.
sure.
a.
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