Bug#174976: Could the patch be applied?
I'd like to echo the last entry in this bug, and maybe amplify it a bit.
I think it reflects badly (not terribly, but badly nonetheless) on
Debian (OK, one tiny corner of Debian) that it takes a Google search
to easily consruct a --showformat string for dpkg-query.
That's not what bothers me, though (I didn't spend a whole lot of time
using Google for dpkg-query). What bothers me is the lack of response
to a two year old bug report. A bug report with a patch. A bug
report with a useful patch. What kind of impression does this leave
on Debian users when helpful bug reports are ignored for two years?
I've had the same thing happen to me (see bug 146264). It makes me
want to not bother to report the next bug I find. Happily, most of my
Debian bug reporting experience has been much better than that, so I'm
not ready to give up yet.
Yes, I'm aware Debian is a volunteer project, and all that, and I have
no right to whine. But I still believe some Debian developers could
be more considerate about bug reports (at least the five or ten
minutes it takes to explain why a bug doesn't matter).
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