Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package
On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 03:40:59PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 11:14:01PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > It does seem that a pseudo-package for the debian-installer would be
> > useful; however, I don't see why the existing 'install' etc.
> > pseudo-packages aren't good enough, if people will stop assuming that
> > bugs filed there relate exclusively to boot-floppies.
>
> Mixing bugs that apply to boot-floppies and to debian-installer
> isn't helpful. Also, given the trivial amount of code shared between
> debian-installer and boot-floppies, bugs found in one aren't relevant
> to the other in most cases.
Which is why I'm suggesting they be segregated - sorry, I wasn't very
clear above. However, there does need to be a designated place for
people to file d-i bugs (if they don't know what udeb is at fault, as
they probably won't for the most part). Zefram reassigned a bunch of
bugs to 'debian-installer' today, which doesn't exist. If it should, and
install/installation/installation-reports/upgrade-reports aren't
adequate for whatever reason, somebody (Tollef?) needs to request it.
> > Would your request be satisfied if any bugs against install/installation
> > regarding boot-floppies were reassigned to the package of that name, and
> > the boot-floppies developers agree not to brush off bugs filed there
> > with "won't happen in boot-floppies" (and to reassign bugs to
> > install/installation as appropriate)?
>
> Honestly, I don't think the boot-floppies guys will or should agree to
> that. The priority for d-i is still to make things work roughly as well as
> b-f's, not to make sure random annoyances from b-f's don't show up again.
Sure; but there are plenty of wishlists that have been explicitly left
around as ideas for future installation system developers. To quote Adam
di Carlo in e.g. #64570:
Since boot-floppies will be obsolete after Woody, we are not embarking
on any major new work or changes, thus these bugs will never be fixed.
However, these bugs are not being closed, because they might offer
interesting ideas to the folks who are writing the replacement
installation system.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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