[M-F-T set to 628835@bugs.debian.org, as I believe this is becoming OT] On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:17:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: [..] > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Moray Allan wrote: [..] > > Flag up RC bugs: To tackle things earlier in the cycle, perhaps we could > > push use of some tools[1] that more actively flag up new RC-buggy packages > > to users of testing? > > There is apt-listbugs but does that work for things like PackageKit or > software-center? software-center is unaware of apt-listbugs and PackageKit explicitly disables it (because it otherwise hangs while apt-listbugs waits for console-based input). Two things need to happen: - apt-listbugs design should be revised for invocation by programs (as opposed to manual/interactive invocation) - high level package managers must learn how to interact with apt-listbugs -- Every great idea is worthless without someone to do the work. --Neil Williams
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