Re: Package removals and the BTS
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:34:47PM -0400, Lukas Geyer wrote: > - The BTS is made aware of this, e.g. by having it possible to file a > bug against two packages at once. This is already possible, but it isn't displayed quite properly because of some indexing problems. I hope this can be fixed at debcamp. I would prefer this solution. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Package removals and the BTS
On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:34:47PM -0400, Lukas Geyer wrote: [...] > However, for other people browsing the BTS, and for orphaned > packages, it would be much nicer if there was a bug filed against the > package itself, or some remark on bugs.debian.org/package that its > removal is requested. There could be several ways to achieve this. [...] > - The QA pages are made aware of this. This would probably require > some standardized subject line like the bugs against wnpp have. One > possibility would just be RFR (request for removal), maybe with some > tags indicating which distribution would be affected. I like this > solution but one disadvantage is that a request for removal of N > packages would require filing N bugs. This would make things like > #198449 a little more inconvenient. > > Probably there are other possibilities which I might have missed. The > first question is, would other people find this useful? I would find this quite useful and I like the third solution, copied above, best. Just a bug title like RFR: agsatellite -- pointless since audiogallaxy is effectively dead would help. I wouldn't consider tags neccesary - it would be enough if you can easily see on the PTS that some version of the package is threatened with removal and you can then always read the actual bug report. If people want, I'll implement this for the PTS. Peter
Package removals and the BTS
Hi all, I was looking for old posts, because I was sure that this must have been discussed before, but I could not find any. When a package removal is requested, there is a bug filed against ftp.debian.org. Following procedures, the maintainer should also know about it (either filing it himself or being contacted about it). However, for other people browsing the BTS, and for orphaned packages, it would be much nicer if there was a bug filed against the package itself, or some remark on bugs.debian.org/package that its removal is requested. There could be several ways to achieve this. - Always file two bugs for removal, one against the package and the other one against ftp.debian.org. This requires no modification in any of the tools involved and could be recommended in the developers' reference. - The BTS is made aware of this, e.g. by having it possible to file a bug against two packages at once. Alternatively, there could be some special pseudo-header for bugs against ftp.debian.org. The second alternative is probably ugly and should be avoided. - The QA pages are made aware of this. This would probably require some standardized subject line like the bugs against wnpp have. One possibility would just be RFR (request for removal), maybe with some tags indicating which distribution would be affected. I like this solution but one disadvantage is that a request for removal of N packages would require filing N bugs. This would make things like #198449 a little more inconvenient. Probably there are other possibilities which I might have missed. The first question is, would other people find this useful? Lukas
