Ar 10/02/2005 am 01:39, ysgrifennodd Sonia Hamilton: > A package adoption question: > > Thierry's article [1] mentions using email to adopt a package, which I > did [2]. But the wnpp page [3] says to use reportbug to adopt a package.
Doing it by sending an email yourself is fine. Using Reportbug is just for convenience. Actually, when you use Reportbug, all it does is send a mail on your behalf. > * is my ITA (Intent To Adopt) correctly formatted? (see bottom of [2]) Your email is indeed correctly formatted. The only problem is that you didn't send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well as [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is very easily done, but it's also easily rectified. All you need to do is to send the exact same email again, but this time, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] only. Since this is quite a common ocurrence, I think it's worth me spending some time trying to clarify what's happened. When you send a mail to a bug (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED], where 123456 is the bug number), the only person who gets that mail is the owner of the bug[0]. A copy of your mail is also kept in the bug logs, which is what you see on the http://bugs.debian.org website, and which you can also request a copy of by email. Mail to bugs themselves is not scanned for commands -- only mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is. So, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is for contacting the owner and recoding in the bug log, and [EMAIL PROTECTED] is for sending commands. However, it's possible to do both at the same time. This is nice because it lets you attach an explanation to what you're doing, and send one email instead of two. It's possible because the control bot ignores text after a "thanks" or a "--" line, so you can put an explanation after the commands. The key is to remember to send to both the bug and the control bot when you send the mail. To summarise, there's three main ways of doing things with an existing bug report: - Send mail to the bug ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Commands are not processed, the mail is sent to the owner, and the mail is included in the bug log. - Send mail to the control bot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Commands are processed, the mail is sent to the owner, and the mail is included in the bug log, but the text is not shown on the bug's page. (It is linked to, though.) - Send mail to both at once, with commands, a "thanks" line, and then some text. I hope this is helpful. I hope somebody will point of if I made any mistakes. [0] Actually, that's not strictly true. People who are subscribed to the package in question via the Package Tracking System[1] (PTS) will get the email, and the debian-bugs-dist mailing list[2] gets a copy. [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/ [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-bugs-dist/ -- Dafydd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
