On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:23:33 +1000
Michael Palimaka <kensing...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 21/08/2013 18:10, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:51:37 +1000
> > Michael Palimaka <kensing...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 21/08/2013 05:31, Tom Wijsman wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:28:15 -0400
> >>> Ian Stakenvicius <a...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> That script has been running for long enough now. It doesn't work
> >>> out...
> >>
> >> What do you mean when you say it doesn't work out?
> >
> > If it did, as we waited quite a while; we wouldn't have this thread.
> >
> As per your other post, it would be interesting to see who/what the 
> worst offenders are.

Well, they are listed there; but it's quite some work to actually go
through that list, that is, manually check the bugs of ~2000 packages
as well as file a STABLEREQ bug, takes quite a while...

> At least in the areas I usually work, I have found a combination of
> the automatic stabilisation requests and imlate have definitely cut
> back on the bitrot.

A single unimportant bug can prevent the automatic STABLEREQ bug from
getting filed; as for imlate, not everyone seems to know that tool, not
everyone seems to run it. Attention for some stabilizations is lost...

-- 
With kind regards,

Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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