Re: how to request help for bugs (Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs)

2007-02-28 Thread Bart Martens
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 08:51 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:39:54AM +0100, Bart Martens wrote: > > > > For a general call/cry for help for packages with many bugs, I would > > submit an RFH, RFA or O before the number of bugs becomes uncomfortable. > > Of course, this

Re: how to request help for bugs (Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs)

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:39:54AM +0100, Bart Martens wrote: > > For a general call/cry for help for packages with many bugs, I would > submit an RFH, RFA or O before the number of bugs becomes uncomfortable. > Of course, this probably won't work for all packages; it's not always so > simple. >

Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs

2007-02-28 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2007-02-28, Bernhard R. Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyway. Otherwise suggesting "you may forward it upstream and/or send a patch" > is a bad joke. Why is it a bad joke ? let us take `kmail' - it has around 2500 bugs in the upstream bugzilla - and 100 bugs not forwarded in debian. In or

who forwards bugs to upstream (Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs)

2007-02-28 Thread Bart Martens
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 09:35 +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070227 20:46]: > > You've read this correctly! Starting TEN YEARS AGO, we are in > > permanent bug triaging, bug forwarding, but patching party on ALL > > bugs, pick one before it's too late! > > >

how to request help for bugs (Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs)

2007-02-28 Thread Bart Martens
On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 09:20 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:46:11PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > (and hopefully this madness will now stop) > > We all know everyone can triage/patch/... whatever bug in the BTS. Yes of course. > > Still, if some team feels they

Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs

2007-02-28 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070227 20:46]: > You've read this correctly! Starting TEN YEARS AGO, we are in > permanent bug triaging, bug forwarding, but patching party on ALL > bugs, pick one before it's too late! > > You may immediately take any bugs which didn't receive due care and >

Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs

2007-02-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:20:57AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Of course that need to be done with a grain of salt, and I personally > found not particularly wise to chain three help requests in a row after > the first one, but that's totally. ^

Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs

2007-02-28 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:46:11PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > (and hopefully this madness will now stop) We all know everyone can triage/patch/... whatever bug in the BTS. Still, if some team feels they are understaffed and that they need triaging help since they are becoming overwhelmed by

Re: 0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs

2007-02-27 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:46:11PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > You've read this correctly! Starting TEN YEARS AGO, we are in > permanent bug triaging, bug forwarding, but patching party on ALL > bugs, pick one before it's too late! > > You may immediately take any bugs which didn't receive du

0-day bug forwarding and bug patching on ALL bugs

2007-02-27 Thread Wouter Verhelst
You've read this correctly! Starting TEN YEARS AGO, we are in permanent bug triaging, bug forwarding, but patching party on ALL bugs, pick one before it's too late! You may immediately take any bugs which didn't receive due care and forward it upstream and/or send a patch to it and/or request mor