On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:24:48AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > > Given the fact that the current standard installation installs both gcc, > > > gdb and other development packages weighting more than that (see #301138, > > > which nobody wants to fix) > > Sorry to interupt, just got a stupid idea, if as Javier suggests, there > > are bugs that no one wants to fix, why not try an idea called a 'bounty' > > If you'll read the log to #301138, you'll see not much evidence of not > wanting to fix it now, and a lot of evidence of people who want to fix > it, but do not care to make such a large change and destabilise what > sarge installs this close to a release. > > -- > see shy jo Hi Joey, I did not delve into the details of what you suggests is a change that would seriously affect Sarge and its release schedule. I was just thinking about possible other means to get years old bugs or other release stoppers from getting some looking at. If a tee-shirt with 'I fixed the oldest bug in Debian, and all I got was this lousey tee-shirt' helps to motivate folks -- great by me! And great for our users and Debian! Cheers, Kev
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