On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 02:27:42PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Hector Oron wrote: > > 2010/7/13, Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>: > > > But if those steps fail and it gets to the point where I'm actively asking > > > for help, my customary experience has been to never get any reply. Mail > > > seems to just disappear into a black hole. Sometimes this is true even > > > for a requeue request, although mostly those do get handled, but anything > > > asking for more details seems to rarely get any reply. > > > > We are persons, and mail stack grows fast. So, suggested use of BTS > > should be encouraged. Tagging packages for porters to have a look > > might be a really good idea. > > If porters would like psuedopackages for their architecture to track > requests, that can be arranged. [Y'all just need to ask, point me at > some bugs which should be assigned to them, tell me the maintainer > address, and provide the blurb that goes on > http://www.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages.]
I did at some point ask for architecture tags, but was told to use usertags instead. I made a suggestion to that end, but they ended up not getting used all that much, mainly because usertags are not as visible as "regular" tags and therefore not as helpful. I still think regular tags for architectures are what we should move to, and don't think skipping the requirement for going through usertags first is an unfair request (ports are a fairly important part of Debian, after all) but have given up on that cause; I seemed to be screaming in the void. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100727162643.gk11...@celtic.nixsys.be
