Bug#100449: debian/control in tetex-bin
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 06:53:37PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
> > Why would a luser be reading the package fields anyway?
>
> Because that's the output of 'apt-cache show tetex-bin'
Oh.
> Look, I still don't understand why most developers answer this way to bug
> reports. People are filing bug reports because they'd like to improve things.
> It costs them time and energy. Obviously if they file a bug it's because they
> are facing something they can solve. Now most of time DD's' reaction is : you're being
> stupid, stop annoying me. Is it really was in meant in the Social Contract ?
No, no. I'm sorry if I offended you -- that really wasn't the
intention. Yes, the naming of the internal fields is slightly
confusing, but I still don't believe that most new users would be
either looking at the detailed dependency fields or the output of
apt-cache. Nevertheless, I agree that things could be made a little
clearer, either by versioning the Replaces or by leaving out any
mention of tetex-base in the Description field.
And my experience is that very rarely do I get a response from a DD
that I'm being stupid.
Julian
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