Vish, the HowToTriage is clear enough and I understand that here's the place for bugs triaging related stuff, I was not looking for packaging help.
With your last answer to Kurt my question was implicitly answered (: On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 01:05:32PM +0530, Vishnoo wrote: > On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 05:11 -0400, kurt belgrave wrote: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qmidiarp/+bug/699788 > > Can this bug be set to triaged since it only asking for a micro update of > > the package? > > Cheers > > > > On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 15:47 -0600, Ronny Cardona wrote: > > Sorry if I'm getting off-topic. > > > > Will we have the oportunity to work with some developer(s) to lean about > > bugs that need packaging? > > > > > As for Kurt's question, It is better to just let the MOTU/Core/Archive > folks, who are going to be involved in uploading the package, deal with > the *status* . > Before uploading they might have questions as to why the changes were > dropped/added or how the package update affects other depends or if the > update is really essential, is the update stable, etc.. > So, the best person who can assess the those kinds of packaging bugs are > folks who have previously worked on uploading the package. > > So, we wont be discussing a lot about packaging or packaging bugs here.. > > > > As for your question, seems you are mixing up a few things: > > - Developer is the upstream person(or works with upstream) who writes > the code. > - Packager is one who packages the code for installation. > - Triager is one who sorts bug reports according to their importance and > makes it easier for the developer or packager to spot important bugs > quicker. > > There are a lot of developers who do not know about Debian packaging at > all. > > One might know all the three roles but not necessarily. mostly people > focus on one task they like which sometimes helps them judge the other > two roles. > > If one wants to get involved in development , working directly with > upstreams is the best way. > > If one wants to get involved in packaging, working with Ubuntu-MOTU team > or with the Debian folks is the best way. > > For Bug Triaging, here is good.. ;-) > > > Ronny, were you confused about what bug triaging was? Or Were you > mainly looking for packaging help and the wiki misled you? > > (just trying to make sure whether the wiki was clear or not; and if the > wiki could be made clearer with regard to that. we have had issues where > people dint find the wiki clear and once we know the misleading part, we > fix the wiki) :-) > > > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 02:53:18PM -0600, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:43:25 -0600 > > > Ronny Cardona <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello kurt, I'm a mentee too. > > > > > > > > I think that the bug should be now marked as Triaged, since the update > > > > requirement is confirmed. > > > > > > > > What I would like to know is, if we need a fast response from the > > > > packaging team, we should send the bug report to MOTU mailing list and > > > > ask for an upgrade of the package? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Packaging bugs require a lot of knowledge to triage properly. Please > > > read > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage#Special%20types%20of%20bugs to > > > learn about these special types of bugs. Normally, an individual > > > learning to work bug triage would not have the knowledge to properly > > > prepare these types of bugs. Kurt has worked with a couple of > > > developers to learn about these special requirements. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 05:11:32AM -0400, kurt belgrave wrote: > > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qmidiarp/+bug/699788 > > > > > Can this bug be set to triaged since it only asking for a micro > > > > > update of > > > > > the package? > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Charlie Kravetz > > > Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] > > > Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad-mentorship-group-alpha > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad-mentorship-group-alpha > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad-mentorship-group-alpha > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad-mentorship-group-alpha > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- > Cheers, > Vish > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad-mentorship-group-alpha Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~bugsquad-mentorship-group-alpha More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
