Re: Your help with QA is needed

[Edward Betts <edward@debian.org>]

Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> wrote:
> I added some stuff to the QA web site.  Those people who always
> said that QA's tasks are not well defined can stop complaining.
> There's plenty of work listed on the web site now:
> 
>   - Help fix bugs in the base.  Currently, the base has over 1500
>     bugs, including 23 RC bugs.  Please send in patches through
>     the BTS.  See http://qa.debian.org/base-bugs.html for a full list.
>     Since base is going to be frozen before the rest of the system,
>     it is very important that we fix as many bugs as possible and
>     as as soon as possible.

These look easy to fix:

ae

Priority: required
Maintainer: Dale Scheetz (Dwarf #1) <dwarf@polaris.net>
Open bugs: 7

    * #76067: ae: ae should not be priority: required [normal]
    * #87839: ae: no origin info in copyright file [normal]
    * #12695: ae uses 2-digit year in version number. [wishlist]
    * #24941: ae has unusual Home and End key binding [wishlist]
    * #44799: ae '^Q' (quit) command should warn if changes were made
    * [wishlist]
    * #54501: ae: some patches [wishlist]
    * #73605: ae: cleanup [PATCH] [wishlist]

bash

Priority: required
Essential: yes
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Open bugs: 50

    * #87688: bash: Build-Depends: texinfo [serious]

bsdmainutils

Priority: important
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
Open bugs: 3

    * #85540: bsdmainutils: dutch templates file [patch] [normal]
    * #90149: debconf's template translated to portuguese [wishlist]
    * #92191: write(1) and alternatives [wishlist]

e2fsprogs

Priority: required
Essential: yes
Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
Open bugs: 22

    * #87685: e2fsprogs: Build-Depends: texinfo [serious]
    * #52045: [hurd] compilation fails [important]

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