Re: Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-05-02 Thread Tomasz Nitecki
Hey, On 29/04/16 06:54, Paul Wise wrote: > I was thinking about how Debian does not have mechanisms for contacting > users of particular packages for help with testing particular changes, > for example invasive security fixes or new upstream releases. > > Some options I can think of: > A tag on t

Re: Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-04-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > One would need a mechanism to automatically subscribe to all packages > that are installed on a machine. That sounds a bit like the how-can-i-help based solution. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: Debian has no generalised mechanism for contacting users of packages

2016-04-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:54:22 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >A new system for this or an extension to the package tracker for users >to register themselves to particular packages and particular kinds of >mails (testing on arch foo, security fix testing, etc). One would need a mechanism to automatically