Re: discussing upstream software on -devel (Re: Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

2011-02-25 Thread Neil Williams
2011/2/25 Shachar Shemesh shac...@debian.org: and I have been warned by the list masters that discussing a specific package's upstream bugs on Debian-devel is off topic. I dont think this is neither true nor what they said. Surely a discussion about upstream bugs can become off-topic on

Re: discussing upstream software on -devel (Re: Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

2011-02-24 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 23/02/11 12:23, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Giving feedback over the upstream trustworthiness is not the purpose of ITP bugs, oh, hell yes, it is. Where else should we discuss what software fits into Debian? debian-qa@ when it's

discussing upstream software on -devel (Re: Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

2011-02-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2011, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Giving feedback over the upstream trustworthiness is not the purpose of ITP bugs, oh, hell yes, it is. Where else should we discuss what software fits into Debian? debian-qa@ when it's too late? and I have been warned by the list

Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

2011-02-22 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Shachar Shemesh shac...@debian.org * Package name: libsafewrite Version : 1.00 Upstream Author : Shachar Shemesh shac...@lingnu.com * URL : http://www.lingnu.com/opensource/safewrite.html * License : MIT Programming

Re: Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

2011-02-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 04:41:15PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Shachar Shemesh shac...@debian.org * Package name: libsafewrite Version : 1.00 Upstream Author : Shachar Shemesh shac...@lingnu.com * URL :

Re: Bug#614601: ITP: libsafewrite -- Simple functions for performing safe atomic replacement of files

2011-02-22 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 22/02/11 19:54, Ben Hutchings wrote: Judging by what you consider 'small bugs' in https://github.com/Shachar/safewrite/commit/efafcd4260375a41257709c7eb5a8d6065366849 why should anyone trust their important data to this library? Feel free not to use it/file bugs against it. Giving