Andrei, On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Vi, 06 aug 10, 12:36:17, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: >> Patrick, >> >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Patrick Ouellette <p...@flying-gecko.net> >> wrote: >> > I think you may be missing the poing a bit. A 'TODO' list is nice, >> > but what is stopping YOU from forwarding the information to upstream >> > or checking the upstream project to see if they know about the issue? >> > >> >> What was stopping me was the assumption that forwarding bugs could >> only be done by a maintainer. But it makes sense that there is no reason >> why I could not discuss these bugs with the upstream authors and report back. > > Bugs can be manipulated by anyone, not just the maintainer. > >> > What SPECIFIC package(s) in the list do YOU use, and what SPECIFIC >> > issues are YOU having? >> > >> > I'm not saying all the bugs don't need to be addressed, but it is a >> > lot easier to motivate people when someone has a specific need rather >> > than picking a developer's package set and complaining about every one >> > of the packages with a bug report. >> > >> >> I should focus my efforts on a micro rather than a macro level. >> >> > Again I ask YOU what efforts have YOU made to contact the maintainer? >> >> I have not attempted to contact the maintainer in any way other than through >> bug reports. And the bug reports as well as these messages are sent to the >> email for the maintainer. Is there some other method I should use? > > Your "quest" seems directed towards a particular Maintainer. My guess is > you are probably more familiar with the packages on you own machine. Try > rc-alert and/or wnpp-alert (finding the package containing these is left > as an exercise to the potential contributor).
I never knew about those programs but they look great for finding bugs relevant to my system. Great tip! > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJMX8jhAAoJEHNWs3jeoi3pFNEH/3/efAxrPjFZqwpM8w76QTLB > yAtYhvrZhPaHTn9mnG7pK01iPfDU87qksJBdtD0YBViDH8WZ9JTr+idd/WxVUnLu > YL89ms4DjhZXE8o6vb0MSbEfMSvwRLjaB0WP6qksSTUnaeUmTDJzzhdn7bSBx0ay > XQTgycqc2V0wq8P1OxY9lSU8YKCkla06zRjHw4ZtlCBWkzyuDMiR00HCv4kmwazL > UD5YT9dIy/fN/MZxwPegDk+DYbVrC7EecQv4orUi64Bri6DisdNjhqYciyErJ7ru > gmDu0y1haKtaB57yDmVEf8tpf+rxmiLpfEbKfnszpSQpAx3rc416h8GA1UU6AQ4= > =7Pwe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Jeremiah Mahler jmmah...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin12jfy7sevys2oygkte7vh4xubn2y_zcxbg...@mail.gmail.com
