Re: Getting patches into packages, thought and ideas [Was: Re: About NM and Next Release]
Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk> writes:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 05:42:36PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>
> > Maybe an interface/filter for the bts that gives one a more easy
> > access to packages with patches pending would be a start. Or a system
>
> Try http://bugs.debian.org/tag:patch .
Still not easy enough it seems:
# #19648: Please document (and handle) callback option better
Package: ppp; Severity: minor; Reported by: Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>; Tags: patch; 5 years and 146 days old.
# #12411: example directory lister ignores errors
Package: glibc-doc; Reported by: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>; Tags: patch; 5 years and 342 days old.
Do you think any DD reads those? Do DDs care about Bugs with patches?
And don't tell me glibc is unmaintained or ppp.
Do you still claim that non-DDs can do work for debian simply by
sending in patches?
It sometimes works but your url is the best argument that it is
totally disfunctional.
Apart from that, whats the magic url to get the same but with dates
since last activity? There could be a 5 year old bug with a 1 day old
patch. I wouldn't want to NMU that without at least giving the
maintainer a chance to look at the patch.
MfG
Goswin
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