Miss Manners (Debian Edition): Release Critical Bugs
Hi,
I know this is probably better asked on debian-devel, but I honestly
don't want to subscribe for this one question.
I'm setting up some new servers that will be deployed with lenny, but
there's a module source package that I want to use that doesn't build
using m-a. It was already reported as a bug, and is fixed in sid.
However, the bug only has severity "important", so the package isn't
migrating due to the freeze.
I've commented on the bug, but haven't received a reply from the
maintainer yet. Assuming that module sources count, this is a FTBFS
bug, so it's release critical. What is the most polite option if I
don't hear back in the next two weeks or so?
Can (and should) I upgrade the bug (although already closed) to serious?
Can (and should) I request a freeze exception myself? Should I file
another bug with serious severity saying that it FTBFS?
I appreciate the work that goes into maintaining a package (I do it
internally), but I also want the bug fixed in lenny, because I think
it's the right thing to do.
What should I do, debian-user???
Cheers,
Eric
P.S. If the maintainer of the package in question is reading this right
now, and you just haven't had a chance to get a freeze-exception yet,
that's okay! I just want to know that it will make it for release!
Thanks for your hard work!
--
Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator
Federation of Students
University of Waterloo
p: (519) 888-4567 x36329
e: egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca
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