Re: xscreensaver and debian bug system

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

>   JZ> Hey, do you happen to know if there's some way I could get the
>   JZ> bug system to mail me a copy of any bugs that are reported
>   JZ> against xscreensaver?  I can't tell from the web pages whether
>   JZ> that's only possible for the Debian package maintainer (you) or
>   JZ> if there can be other interested parties in there too.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to automatically dist a
> copy of bugs against a package to addresses other than the
> maintainer.
> 
> It sounds like a really good idea, though. Should this be a wishlist
> item for the bugs system?

Joey Hess gave the following script for essentially doing just this.
It's slightly modified by me.  Feel free to change the www.debian.org
to a more local mirror.

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#!/bin/sh
cd /home/me/where/ill/keep/the/bugs || exit 1
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
wget -X Bugs/db/si -r -l 1 -nv -nH $@ \
  http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/pa/lxscreensaver.html
cd ..
rm -rf Bugs
mv tmp/Bugs .
rm -rf tmp
exit 0
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HTH,

   Julian

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  Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
             Debian GNU/Linux Developer.  jdg@debian.org
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