Re: Bug#154829: Is a bug "grave" if the package is unusable for at least two architectures (Was: Bug#154829: Aido problems on 64 bit architectures)
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Mike Markley wrote:
> there's no need to keep telling me that it is" severity, so instead I'll
> just say it on -devel again:
>
> YOU WIN. IT'S GRAVE.
My intention to put it on devel was not to win, but to get it fixed.
Perhaps debian-qa would be also an apropriate place.
> That fact probably does not make upstream any more responsive or really
> provide ANY help WHATSOEVER with FIXING the damn thing, but hey, now
> everyone knows it's grave. Surely that's an accomplishment worth noting.
And this is the point: If everyone knows there is a grave bug, everyone
could keep an eye on it - especially people using the architectures in
question. My initial mail was especially adressed to those porters who got
many programs working on all these different architectures.
Sam Hocevar might prove me right here. (Thanks to Sam!)
His patch also fixes the problem on Sparc. I'm going to increase the
severity of the bug again to grave not to bother you but tho give the
package a chance to make it's way into woody (which it would not otherwise).
A quick look into the code of Aide 0.8 seemed that the patch can be
backported.
Kind regards
Andreas.
PS: Keeping this on devel lets people notice that Debian works great. ;-)
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