Re: Bug#174410: questionable interpretation of "install" pseudo-package
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.
That's how I thought things should work. It seems that people on
debian-boot haven't been aware of this arrangement; Eduard Bloch, in
private email, implied that he hadn't even noticed that my bug reports
were on the "install" package rather than "boot-floppies".
>install Installation system
Is the debian-boot list for both installers, or specifically for
boot-floppies? If the latter, then presumably bug reports for the
"install" package should also go to wherever the debian-installer
developers hang out.
>installation Installation system
I noticed this one, and was curious. How is it different from "install"?
>installation-reports Reports of installation problems with stable & testing
I'm a bit hazy on the distinction between this and "install". Is it
that this is for discussing the *results* of an installation, whereas
"install" concerns the *process* of installing?
>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)?
Seems like a good idea, if I understand you correctly, but it requires
careful consideration of what constitutes a bug "regarding boot-floppies".
All the details in my bug reports refer to the specific behaviour
of boot-floppies, and indeed I initially thought that the bugs were
regarding boot-floppies (before I became aware of the plan to replace
boot-floppies with debian-installer).
It seems most appropriate that my bug reports should be reassigned to the
debian-installer package, since that's where they'll be fixed if there's
agreement that they're really bugs. I'd be delighted if they're then
immediately closed with "this problem doesn't exist in debian-installer".
-zefram
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