Hello 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson, On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 03:15:11AM +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Package: util-linux > Version: 2.29.1-1 > Severity: minor > > Please > echo Report bugs to https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/ > \ > /usr/share/doc/util-linux/README.Debian >
I don't think this is appropriate. First of all that url is not the canonical way to report bugs to util-linux upstream. The github repository mostly exists as a way to make it easy for the github generation to contribute via PR. As you can see in the issues it's mostly a wasteland of already fixed stuff and other abandoned issues. The project follows a more traditional kernel-style development approach where everything is based around a mailing list (both for bug reporting, discussions and patch review). (Although see also last paragraph of http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg13433.html for a notable difference to linux-kernel mailing list.) Secondly the official Debian bug reporting documentation explicitly tells users *not* to send bug reports upstream (which can be debated in some situations, but as a general advice I can also understand it). (See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting -> "Don't file bugs upstream".) In general the idea is that distribution users should file bugs against the distribution, so that maintainers can check if this is a distribution-specific issue or an upstream issue. This is to avoid overloading upstream and avoid flooding them with issues that aren't revelant to upstream. Lastly, putting upstream contact information in README.Debian (which is a debian-specific file which is supposed to contain debian specific information) is not the general way to handle this. It's not machine parsable, etc. People are working on a proposal for a formal way to express more upstream related information in something called DEP12: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep12/ So, if you don't object I'll instead "reuse" your bug report as a request to add debian/upstream/metadata with some information about upstream..... Name: util-linux Repository: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git Repository-Browse: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/ Contact: util-li...@vger.kernel.org There doesn't seem to be any way to express "alternative backup repository" in the DEP12 format, so not possible to point to the github repo or say that PRs are also an accepted way of contributing. There doesn't even seem to be any way to point at https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/tree/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt or https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/tree/Documentation/howto-pull-request.txt in DEP12 format. I'm torn on wether to add this or not: Bug-Database: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues ... because while this is the only upstream "bug database" it's not really the official as far as I know. It's just a dumping ground that happens to exist for any github repo and occationally upstream reads messages sent there and might even reply. (Noone really seems to care about closing fixed issues or other similar administrative work for that bug database though.) Comments? Regards, Andreas Henriksson
