Re: Bug#74171: recommends nonexistent package
- To: "Brian F. Kimball" <bfk@footbag.org>
- Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#74171: recommends nonexistent package
- From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>
- Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 13:33:10 +0200
- Message-id: <20001007133310.A20427@cibalia.gkvk.hr>
- In-reply-to: <20001006203839.B22781@adsl-63-195-123-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>; from bfk@footbag.org on Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 08:38:39PM -0700
- References: <20001006112208.F20730@adsl-63-195-123-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> <20001007132752.A15429@dynax.anu.edu.au> <20001006203839.B22781@adsl-63-195-123-115.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net>
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 08:38:39PM -0700, Brian F. Kimball wrote:
> > I think you miss the point of bug severity here! recommends missing
> > package does not break anything! If you were not on debian-devel last
> > week, there were discussion about Bug severity issue. Check current
> > debian weekly news for the pointer.
>
> You're right, I inflated the severity. Sorry about that. I'll change
> it if you haven't already.
>
> > BTW, how does xiterm perform for you?
>
> I'm not a user of xiterm, just someone who got mightily frustrated after
> playing around with "apt-cache unmet". Too many packages have unmet
> dependencies. Some are legitimate and/or reasonable (like yours), some
> have existed for months and are ignored by their maintainers (which is
> excruciatingly annoying).
What's obnoxiously annoying is you filing a bunch of purely `maintonly'
class bugs to `submit' address, and using an address to which the BTS can't
deliver ACKs without a bounce message.
On behalf of owner@bugs and debian-bugs-dist readers, thanks for 100KB of
spam.
>:(
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