On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 2:06 PM Robie Basak <robie.ba...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 01:27:58PM -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:13 PM Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Would someone have a look at > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libhttp-daemon-perl/+bug/1904907 > > > when time is available. > > > > > > The issue causes self tests failures in a lot of packages, including > > > Wget and Wget2. When 'make check' fails it munges up the install > > > process. We don't have authority to install a package that fails its > > > self tests. > > > > Wget 1.21 was released on DEC 31, 2020. It is still failing its self tests. > > > > Is there any hope of getting Perl fixed before Ubuntu 18 goes end-of-life? > > I'm sorry you're having problems. If I may, I'd like to adjust your > expectations. > > Since this doesn't look like this has a real impact on any Ubuntu users > not bound by their own policies, I don't expect that anyone will > prioritise it, so it is unlikely to get fixed. If my understanding here > is wrong, maybe you could clarify? > > If you'd like to contribute a fix yourself, then we'd welcome that > regardless. We can help guide you, but we'd expect volunteers to provide > all the necessary legwork.
That would be a bad idea. Asking people without knowledge of the problem domain is just plain stupid. It is a recipe for disaster. The people with the knowledge of the problem domain should perform the work. > A fix to a stable release is subject to our policies documented at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates (and the reasoning for our > requirements are documented there too). It's not clear to me from your > bug report if the change you want would qualify under our policy. If you > are prepared to do the legwork, I'd start by considering our policy to > save effort if it does turn out that your proposed change would not > qualify. Sorry, but I have no idea what the policies say. Leaving IPv6 broken in 2018 or 2020 means there's a broken policy in place, if that's the case. We (in the US) have been experiencing a lot of broken policies lately. Like the ones that allow police to murder black people at will without any accountability. Broken policies carry no weight with me. Jeff -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
