Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: [snip] > > > I had try to randomly submit wishlist bugs for 6 packages to bts with > > > the tag "patch" pointing to the dehs site or attaching the watch file to > > > the bug. > > > Almost all of this bug was closed and the watch file was check (in some > > > cases fixed) and inserted in the package on the next upload. > > > > So, you got the way to go. Please go ahead and submit those 6229 bugs. > > NO! > > Do *not* file 6229 bugs about the same subject. Never.
Why not? As wishlist bugs with patch this seems sensible to me. > Adding a watchfile is up to the maintainer. It's a feature offered to > maintainers, they can use it if the wish. If a watchfile for a package > makes sense (for quite some packages it doesn't) I think it's useful. If upstream doesn't publish tarballs, e.g. In this case there won't be a meaningful patch for a watchfile. In any case it's up to the maintainer to decide about its inclusion. I believe most of them will accept such a patch. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
