Bug#576240: say what ITP means right there in the report
reassign 576240 wnpp
thanks
On Fri, 02 Apr 2010, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> Gentlemen, nowhere in e.g.,
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=576184
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/150675/raw
> does it say what ITP stands for. That it probably stands for Intent to
> Package should be mentioned there in the text rather than hoping the
> newer user will search for the list of abbreviations. Same problem with the
> other WNPP items.
The BTS itself has little to do with the standards used for filing
WNPP bugs.
It's possible that this is a subset of a request to provide
information on a source package basis, perhaps through WAT or UDD or
something similar, but as of yet, no such solution exists.
Don Armstrong
--
Dropping non-free would set us back at least, what, 300 packages? It'd
take MONTHS to make up the difference, and meanwhile Debian users will
be fleeing to SLACKWARE.
And what about SHAREHOLDER VALUE?
-- Matt Zimmerman in <gYuD3D.A.ayC.nGB39@murphy>
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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