Re: RC bugs in debian-science packages

[Chris Walker <chrisw@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> writes:

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008, Chris Walker wrote:
> 
> > I discovered that axiom had an RC bug and this prompted me to check
> > which other science related packages had RC bugs. Looking at
> > http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php reveals the following science
> > packages (picked out by hand, so E&OE) that have release critical
> > bugs:
> 
> Just a side note to current work in progress about bugs in Debian Pure
> Blends (formerly known as CDD).  If you look at
> 
>     http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/bugs/mathematics.html
> 
> you have a look at bugs in dependant packages of science-mathematcis
> packages (and also links to other meta packages). 

That's great. It will make checking for buggy packages much
easier. 
 
>  Further polishing
> is needed and a cron job to update ist daily is needed once the polishing
> is done. 

I've added links on the wiki.

> But the mail just seems to be related and thus I would like
> to give a preliminary hint.

I think this is well worth mentioning on Debian Project News - and
doing so would increase the profile of debian-science too (which
can be no bad thing). 

Chris