On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 11:14:01PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 09:32:28PM +0000, Zefram wrote:
> > Package: bugs.debian.org
> > Today I've been reporting a few bugs in a Debian package. Some of my
> > bug reports have been rejected by a developer for reasons that amount
> > to "fixing that bug is too big a change to make in stable". In no case
> > have I actually asked for any changes to stable; I'd be perfectly happy
> > with fixes eventually appearing in sarge.
There's little point filing bug reports about problems experienced with
the woody installer; the sarge installer is _completely_ different,
to the point where problems and wishlists for the woody installer are
_completely_ irrelevant. It sucks to have to ignore the good ideas that
people have about improving the woody installer, but it really is all
that's possible at the moment.
> 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.
> 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.
Cheers,
aj
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