Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 01:34:50AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > So, could you please remove the "install" and "installation" > > > pseudo-packages, and change the description of the "boot-floppy" > > > pseudo-package to read something like 'Installation system in Debian 3.0 > > > and earlier re

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
[removing ftpmaster@; they'll be getting this via the BTS anyway] On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:34:11AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 08:56:47PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > So, could you please remove the "install" and "installation" > > pseudo-packages, and change the descri

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Joey Hess
> > boot-floppy, cdrom, install and installation were all added to accomplish > > the same thing -- catch more bugs against the installation procedure as they > > came in, without relying on unknown-package. They are orthogonal to whatever > > we call the installation system. I can understand that

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:34:11AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 08:56:47PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > So, could you please remove the "install" and "installation" > > pseudo-packages, and change the description of the "boot-floppy" > > pseudo-package to read something lik

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 08:56:47PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > So, could you please remove the "install" and "installation" > pseudo-packages, and change the description of the "boot-floppy" > pseudo-package to read something like 'Installation system in Debian 3.0 > and earlier releases'? (Actual

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 04:41:00PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > . Package tracking system overview of d-i packages > > . overview of debian-installer bugs > > -> http://bugs.qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/debian-installer.cgi > > (includes pseudo-package 'install') > > Hmm. Who do I t

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Joey Hess
Frans Pop wrote: > . Package tracking system overview of d-i packages > . overview of debian-installer bugs > -> http://bugs.qa.debian.org/cgi-bin/debian-installer.cgi > (includes pseudo-package 'install') Hmm. Who do I talk to, to get "install" removed from that list? > . Uncategorised and g

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > There's now a debian-installer package (real, not pseudo, but same > difference), which addresses part of this bug. With regard to the > confusion about install/installation, I just had a conversation with > Joey Hess on IRC. Note that part of the c

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2004-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
reassign 174410 ftp.debian.org thanks There's now a debian-installer package (real, not pseudo, but same difference), which addresses part of this bug. With regard to the confusion about install/installation, I just had a conversation with Joey Hess on IRC: Kamion: are you around? joeyh: ye

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2002-12-27 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Colin Watson | Which is why I'm suggesting they be segregated - sorry, I wasn't very | clear above. However, there does need to be a designated place for | people to file d-i bugs (if they don't know what udeb is at fault, as | they probably won't for the most part). Zefram reassigned a bunch o

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2002-12-27 Thread Zefram
Anthony Towns wrote: > given the trivial amount of code shared between >debian-installer and boot-floppies, bugs found in one aren't relevant >to the other in most cases. Actually two of the three bugs that I'd reported against the "install" package turned out to be relevant to

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2002-12-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 03:40:59PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 11:14:01PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > It does seem that a pseudo-package for the debian-installer would be > > useful; however, I don't see why the existing 'install' etc. > > pseudo-packages aren't good en

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2002-12-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 11:14:01PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 09:32:28PM +, Zefram wrote: > > Package: bugs.debian.org > > Today I've been reporting a few bugs in a Debian package. Some of my > > bug reports have been rejected by a developer for reasons that amount >

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2002-12-26 Thread Zefram
Colin Watson wrote: >It does seem that a pseudo-package for the debian-installer would be >useful; however, I don't see why the existing 'install' etc. >pseudo-packages aren't good enough, if people will stop assuming that >bugs filed there relate exclusively to boot-floppies. That's how I thought

Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package

2002-12-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 09:32:28PM +, Zefram wrote: > Package: bugs.debian.org > > Today I've been reporting a few bugs in a Debian package. Some of my > bug reports have been rejected by a developer for reasons that amount > to "fixing that bug is too big a change to make in stable". In no