Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-19 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:56:44 -0500, Timothy Legg wrote: > I wish to bring up something that bothers me. > > I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform so > many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than provide > an attractive graphical interface for a seg

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 03:59:29PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > It's called "do-not-feed-the-troll". Package not found. -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/18/2010 02:48 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 01:56:44PM -0500, Timothy Legg wrote: I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform so many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than provide an attractive graphical interface for a segment

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Aaron Toponce
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 01:56:44PM -0500, Timothy Legg wrote: > I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform so > many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than provide an > attractive graphical interface for a segmentation fault. > > I searched google and in

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/18/2010 03:21 PM, Celejar wrote: > If it's as broken as you say, there ought to be a bug of 'grave' > severity filed against the package (whether or not a fixed version is > available). Is there? If so, that would be a release-critical bug, >

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:56:44 -0500 (CDT) "Timothy Legg" wrote: > Hello, > > I wish to bring up something that bothers me. > > I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform so > many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than provide an > attractive graphical

Re: Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Perry E. Metzger
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:56:44 -0500 (CDT) "Timothy Legg" wrote: > Hello, > > I wish to bring up something that bothers me. > > I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform > so many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than > provide an attractive graphical

Broken/Obsolete packages - I think we can do better.

2010-08-18 Thread Timothy Legg
Hello, I wish to bring up something that bothers me. I just installed a stable Debian package that advertises to perform so many wonderful tasks, but in reality, it does little more than provide an attractive graphical interface for a segmentation fault. I searched google and indeed found others