From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SJ7CJ-000841-Bz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:55:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 177F5E0D69; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:55:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BDC2E0D47 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:54:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (156.Red-2-137-14.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [2.137.14.156]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pacho) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3B2921B402F for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:54:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About adding a way to check for bugs referring to no longer existing packages in the tree From: Pacho Ramos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20120414124245.323cba48@gentoo.org> References: <1334401347.3181.2.camel@belkin4> <20120414124245.323cba48@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-MfkTr9UBNVxeUZ5ZfMXf" Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:54:28 +0200 Message-ID: <1334426068.3181.11.camel@belkin4> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3 X-Archives-Salt: 1bb0d08e-0afa-471c-bce8-e7d124895562 X-Archives-Hash: ef3cf914114b2a3bf33177b32aca5b12 --=-MfkTr9UBNVxeUZ5ZfMXf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El s=C3=A1b, 14-04-2012 a las 12:42 -0300, Alexis Ballier escribi=C3=B3: > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:02:27 +0200 > Pacho Ramos wrote: >=20 > > Hello > >=20 > > From time to time I see old bug reports that are still wrongly opened > > and referring to old packages no longer in the tree. Would be possible > > to add a way to periodically check for bugs referring in summary to > > obsolete packages and, then, allow us to have a cleaner bug list? >=20 > -1, you really cant automate this. >=20 > - for eg, keyword req, the version doesnt really matter and is usually > just there to help but should really be read as latest version; > closing/ignoring the bug while the latest version still lacks the > keywords is just wrong. > - for stablereq, that's a different story >=20 > - for other bugs, some may have been fixed independently upstream, but > usually, they dont fix by themselves, so if a bug didnt get > attention, chances are its still valid. >=20 >=20 > moreover, doing this, you'll just encourage people not to fill the > version >=20 >=20 > IOW: If you want a cleaner bug list, ignore stable/kw reqs, then pay > attention to your bugs and fix them :) >=20 > A. >=20 >=20 It's not for versions, only package names (there are still bugs referring to already removed packages for months) --=-MfkTr9UBNVxeUZ5ZfMXf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk+JudQACgkQCaWpQKGI+9SYVACfcz6NIF4c1/L6wPY8qp6ZT+If dmUAn2MAdhghduraq2iuPO/SLzBa4xfR =mtHc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-MfkTr9UBNVxeUZ5ZfMXf--