Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-23 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 06:47:52PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > I am looking for a set of perl modules which can handle being fed mail > > and managing a subscription list in response to that mail while also > > allowing for subscriptions/unsubscripti

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Sep 15, 2011, at 06:47 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: >On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Barry Warsaw wrote: >> Can you provide a bit more detail on this? > >I am looking for a set of perl modules which can handle being fed mail >and managing a subscription list in response to that mail while also >allowing for s

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-16 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 06:47:52PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > I am looking for a set of perl modules which can handle being fed mail > and managing a subscription list in response to that mail while also > allowing for subscriptions/unsubscriptions from an external interface. > Such a thing may

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 14 Sep 2011, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Sep 13, 2011, at 04:48 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > > >The main thing that is blocking me from implementing it currently is a > >set of perl modules which can handle the hard bit of managing a > >mailing list correctly so I don't have to write them from

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-14 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:14:33 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Steve suggested a feature that might improve the status quo: I like the idea. > - enable people to subscribe to bug traffic only if it matches specific > tags (the idea being of forwarding upstream only the traffic for > "confi

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 02:06:39PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > even if upstream is interested in bug reports (may be even in all of > them) - it is not that easy to figure out how to subscribe to the bug > mails of a package. We should make it easier for upstreams to subscribe > to bts mails. May

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Sep 13, 2011, at 04:48 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: >The main thing that is blocking me from implementing it currently is a >set of perl modules which can handle the hard bit of managing a >mailing list correctly so I don't have to write them from scratch. Can you provide a bit more detail on this

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-14 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, > status quo > - > *If upstream is aware of the option*, they can choose to be advised of > all bugs or none. > > This gives upstream some control, and protects downstream from > accusations of spamming, since upstream has to subscribe to mailings. > > But it's all-or-nothing. I

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-14 Thread Steve White
Hi Stefano (et al.)! Stefano's post contains a fair assessment of our discussion. However I would like to state in my own words the basic idea. I'll also provide a couple of ideas of implementation details. the problem -- Often issues that ought to be sent upstream, aren't. This is *

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-13 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > > > Steve suggested a feature that might improve the status quo: > > > > - enable people to subscribe to bug traffic only if it matches specific > > tags (the idea being of forwarding upstream only the traffic for > > "c

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-13 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Stefano Zacchiroli (z...@debian.org): > After GHM [1], I've head a lengthy discussion with Steve White (Cc:-ed, > GNU maintainer [upstream]) about Debian's procedures for forwarding bugs > upstream. > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2011/09/msg4.html > > The conversion to

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-13 Thread Luk Claes
On 09/13/2011 03:14 PM, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > - enable people to subscribe to bug traffic only if it matches specific > tags (the idea being of forwarding upstream only the traffic for > "confirmed" bugs) > > - add a DELAYED-like mechanism where upstream is notified of a bug only > if

Re: forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-13 Thread Gergely Nagy
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > Steve suggested a feature that might improve the status quo: > > - enable people to subscribe to bug traffic only if it matches specific > tags (the idea being of forwarding upstream only the traffic for > "confirmed" bugs) I'd love this, even with having only my

forwarding bugs upstream - opt-in, delayed, automated

2011-09-13 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
After GHM [1], I've head a lengthy discussion with Steve White (Cc:-ed, GNU maintainer [upstream]) about Debian's procedures for forwarding bugs upstream. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2011/09/msg4.html The conversion touched the usual suspects: - Debian is committed to forward