suggestion & by participation interest

2022-08-03 Thread the HOB
hello, How are you doing? I was re-reading your page (did not for a while) and i like to suggest an "FtL - Fail to Launch" support, again, please read me here as someone of 51 years of age who had to endure loads of unsupported experience with basics of this "not a syndrome" issue aka the transiti

Bug#567187: DDPO: suggestion: popcon for ITP entries

2019-01-08 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Vincent Fourmond 2010-01-27 <20100127202504.8551.4855.report...@tanyaivinco.homelinux.org> > It would be nice if the popcon entry was also displayed for ITPs > too. Often, there is a significant number of users that did install > unofficial packages, and knowing they are there is a motivatio

Bug#626254: Suggestion to Close This Bug Report

2018-06-18 Thread Lev Lazinskiy
It looks like DEHS has been offline [1] for quite a few years. Since this issue will never be fixed, I suggest that this bug report becomes closed. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DEHS

Suggestion: Run rebuild test and/or autopkgtest with a future date to detect timebombs.

2015-01-16 Thread peter green
I hope this list is an appropriate place to reach people who handle rebuild tests. If not can you suggest a place that is. Some code has "timebombs", that is code that works correctly on systems with the system clock up to a certain date but then will fail with values of the system clock beyon

Bug#567187: DDPO: suggestion: popcon for ITP entries

2012-04-13 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, I am also interested in such feature for `packages overview' web page. As I can see all necessary statistics is available in database [1][2][3]. Best regards, Boris [1] http://popcon.debian.org/unknown/by_vote [2] http://popcon.debian.org/unknown/by_recent [3] http://popcon.debian.org/unkno

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-05 Thread Elías Alejandro
>> Why not? Giving a link to the PTS in the default RFA/O mail looks >> reasonable. > > Ehm, I don't think so. Otherwise other "reasonable" links can be: > > - the bts page for the package > - the homepage of the upstream project (if present) > - anything else > I think the PTS link will be enough,

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-05 Thread Sandro Tosi
>> > I was thinking report a whislist bug against reportbug, >> >> No, thanks. > > Why not? Giving a link to the PTS in the default RFA/O mail looks > reasonable. Ehm, I don't think so. Otherwise other "reasonable" links can be: - the bts page for the package - the homepage of the upstream projec

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 05 Jul 2010, Sandro Tosi wrote: > 2010/7/4 Elías Alejandro : > > Hi all, > > Maybe this isn't the place to make this suggestion but > > I'd like know if this is posible. > > Sometimes when I'm looking for how to collaborate with > > Debian,

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-05 Thread Jan Hauke Rahm
On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 11:10:36AM -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: > Hi Hauke, > First all, thanks for your answer. No problem. > >> Basically it could be insert two items in the bug report body. > >> I was thinking report a whislist bug against reportbug, but I'd like to > >> know > >> if this is

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-05 Thread Sandro Tosi
2010/7/4 Elías Alejandro : > Hi all, > Maybe this isn't the place to make this suggestion but > I'd like know if this is posible. > Sometimes when I'm looking for how to collaborate with > Debian, I arrive to [1] but always find this problem for me. > Bugs tagged

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-04 Thread Elías Alejandro
Hi Hauke, First all, thanks for your answer. >> Basically it could be insert two items in the bug report body. >> I was thinking report a whislist bug against reportbug, but I'd like to know >> if this is the correct way or maybe I'm wrong. Sorry I'm newbie about >> this subjects. > > But I don't

Re: suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-04 Thread Jan Hauke Rahm
Hi Elías, thanks for your interest! On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 05:24:34PM -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: > Maybe this isn't the place to make this suggestion but > I'd like know if this is posible. > Sometimes when I'm looking for how to collaborate with > Debian, I ar

suggestion about RFA and O

2010-07-03 Thread Elías Alejandro
Hi all, Maybe this isn't the place to make this suggestion but I'd like know if this is posible. Sometimes when I'm looking for how to collaborate with Debian, I arrive to [1] but always find this problem for me. Bugs tagged with "RFA" or "O" ,at my opinion, sho

Bug#567187: DDPO: suggestion: popcon for ITP entries

2010-01-27 Thread Vincent Fourmond
Package: qa.debian.org Severity: wishlist Hello, It would be nice if the popcon entry was also displayed for ITPs too. Often, there is a significant number of users that did install unofficial packages, and knowing they are there is a motivation to move forward... The example that comes to

Re: Removal suggestion: perlftlib

2008-07-25 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
reassign 279824 ftp.debian.org retitle 279824 RM: perlftlib -- RoQA; buggy, orphaned thanks On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 08:22:50PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:28:33PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > > perlftlib can be removed, I've sp

Re: Removal suggestion: perlftlib

2008-07-25 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:28:33PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > perlftlib can be removed, I've sponsored the last package build-depending > > on it recently and it's coupled to freetype 1, which won't be included > > in Lenny. > > defoma still recommends it. Has

Re: Removal suggestion: perlftlib

2008-07-23 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:28:33PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > perlftlib can be removed, I've sponsored the last package build-depending > on it recently and it's coupled to freetype 1, which won't be included > in Lenny. defoma still recommends it. Has someone verified that this can be dro

Removal suggestion: perlftlib

2008-07-23 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
perlftlib can be removed, I've sponsored the last package build-depending on it recently and it's coupled to freetype 1, which won't be included in Lenny. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removal suggestion: sanduhr

2007-07-15 Thread Paul Wise
On 7/16/07, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is a gtk+1.2 application that has seen no upstream activity since 2004; it has 22 active users according to popcon, and there doesn't appear to be anything I would describe as a gtk+2.0 alarm clock in the archive, but it's one of only tw

Re: Removal suggestion: sanduhr

2007-07-15 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi, On Sun Jul 15, 2007 at 15:33:27 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Should sanduhr be removed from unstable? seconded, even so it has 175 users according popcon. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# man real-life No manual entry for real-life -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Removal suggestion: sanduhr

2007-07-15 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi folks, The sanduhr package has been orphaned for over a year; in the orphaning upload, the maintainer, who is also upstream, commented that he has no time for working on the package or the upstream software. This is a gtk+1.2 application that has seen no upstream activity since 2004; it has 22

suggestion

2007-01-27 Thread Zach
Maybe the Debian package status script [1] can be moved onto a debian.org machine. Cause if something happens to that http://bjorn.haxx.se the script will be unavailable. Also good to have copy of the script local in case his machine gets trashed for some reason and no backups. [1] http://bjorn.

Re: removal suggestion for openmosix from testing

2005-03-29 Thread Stephen Frost
* Martin Zobel-Helas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i am not sure if i overlooked your answer to my last mail. Is there anything > we > can help on #232810? As we are going to freeze realy soon now (looks like both > ends of the toolchain are fixed by now), i fear that openmosix will be > dropped

python-pcgi RC state question/removal suggestion

2005-03-03 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
Hello, I've been researching RC bugs for my NM T&S part and came across the python-pcgi package (bug #225539). After downloading the latest upstream version of this package I found out that: 1. Upstream has a new author and he changed the program name to python-pcgi2 to avoid a name clash with an

Re: removal suggestion for openmosix from testing

2004-09-04 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > Stephen Frost wrote: > > * Martin Zobel-Helas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > question about a removal from testing: > > > > > > openmosix > > > > > > It has longstanding RC bug (#232810). No direct reaction from maintainer. > > > > Actually, I was working on that al

Re: removal suggestion for openmosix from testing

2004-08-21 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Stephen Frost wrote: > * Martin Zobel-Helas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > question about a removal from testing: > > > > openmosix > > > > It has longstanding RC bug (#232810). No direct reaction from maintainer. > > Actually, I was working on that already (well, that issue was fixed, I > was t

Re: Removal suggestion

2004-07-19 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Pierre Machard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-18 11:55]: [libflux0] > QA : it seems that the maintainer is MIA. Maybe we should orphaned > this package. He said this package can be removed from unstable. I'll do so later. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removal suggestion

2004-07-18 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Pierre Machard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-18 11:55]: > QA : it seems that the maintainer is MIA. Maybe we should orphaned > this package. I've contacted him, thanks. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Removal suggestion

2004-07-18 Thread Pierre Machard
Hi, I suggest that we remove libflux0 from testing. No maintainer upload since 2001, RC bug related to old libtool, and it seems that a new software is available on fluxlib.org. This software seems deprecated. QA : it seems that the maintainer is MIA. Maybe we should orphaned this package. Ch

suggestion for testing_probs.html

2002-01-03 Thread Daniel Glassey
Hullo, On http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/testing_probs.html would it be possible to link the names of source packages e.g. * Binaries from cannot be installed: to the relevant debcheck page on the qa website http://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php?dist=testing&package= This should help tracki

Re: Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-12-21 Thread Grant Bowman
* Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011213 11:03]: > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > > * Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011203 15:33]: > > > On balance I think I like the idea, provided that there are multiple > > > people responsible for each area and that anybody's still free to wor

Re: Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-12-13 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: >... > I'm sure not whether Adrian's proposal would work out or not. The idea > of subdividing the QA tasks, I like, though. Maybe we should have a > coordinator for each task, while at the same time allowing everyone to > work on any task, as long as the

Re: Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-12-11 Thread Grant Bowman
* Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011211 08:25]: > I kind of agree with you here. A bit more coordination would probably be > good, but otoh we won't want to place too much limits on what individual > people can or should do. I doubt much control is either proposed or necessary, but having a sm

Re: Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-12-11 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Colin! You wrote: > I've thought about this for a while, and I can't decide whether I think > it's a great idea or a terrible one. :) I wouldn't like to feel > restricted in the areas of QA work I could work on: I've done almost all > of the things you mention at various times, depending on my

Re: Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-12-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:42:53PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > I'd like to hear your opinion on the following proposal: > > Currently QA works the way that people find something to do themselves and > everyone works for himself at the tasks he sees. I propose to change this > to define tasks of QA

Re: Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-11-26 Thread Grant Bowman
uilder or > to send bug reports "Leads" for each port would be appropriate. Minimal requirements would be simple enough to fulfill, and it would give the people stepping into those positions an incentive to help out a little more if they are recognized. > - WNPP > * maintain

Suggestion for the organization of QA work

2001-11-22 Thread Adrian Bunk
through all logs of failed builds to check whether they are problems in the autobuilder or to send bug reports - WNPP * maintain the WNPP bugs and the orphaned packages I'd like to hear your opinion on: 1. the proposal 2. my suggestion of the tasks (e.g. did I miss tasks?) cu

todo list suggestion

1999-10-07 Thread Michael Stone
For the long term, it might be nice to divide tasks by difficulty. E.g., there could be a section for bugs that are fixed by a provided patch or simple dependency rules, and another section for difficult debugging work. (The intent of this being to make it easier for a beginner to sit down and knoc

Bug#33185: marked as done (electric-fence: Forward shared lib suggestion.)

1999-06-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:35:34 +0100 From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian bugtracking system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: electric-fence: Forward shared lib suggestion. Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset

Bug#33185: electric-fence: Forward shared lib suggestion.

1999-02-10 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
Package: electric-fence Version: 2.0.5-4 AFAIK the upstream release of Electric Fence doesn't utilise the trick of making it into a shared library like the current Debian package does. Please forward this trick upstream; it is very useful not to have to relink a binary in order to use Electric Fen

Bug#24133: Suggestion to use

1998-07-01 Thread Francesco Potorti`
Package: debian-policy Version: 2.4.1.2 Severity: normal I suggest that the default news server be looked for (also) in the env var NNTPSERVER. Emacs packages and mozilla look for it, maybe others too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co