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 1SJL03-0007Zs-CH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:39:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 31E86E09F7; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:39:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D94E09C4 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:39:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1B01B4023 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:39:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.956 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.956 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.044, BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id h7qFWmPpZXGv for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFE611B4015 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:38:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SJKyu-0003d3-N6 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:38:48 +0200 Received: from 71-17-69-121.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca ([71.17.69.121]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:38:48 +0200 Received: from dirtyepic by 71-17-69-121.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:38:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: About adding a way to check for bugs referring to no longer existing packages in the tree Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:47:29 -0600 Message-ID: <20120415024729.52e5d909@gentoo.org> References: <1334401347.3181.2.camel@belkin4> <20120414124245.323cba48@gentoo.org> <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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/PkihbrgYLwI.aasztOmR.ma"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 71-17-69-121.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: 723a77bb-fd27-4dac-ba13-bd7e3eecaa10 X-Archives-Hash: 2bdf5738a8ccad0160ad539127a254c0 --Sig_/PkihbrgYLwI.aasztOmR.ma Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > 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? How exactly would you do this? Maintain a list of all packages ever removed from the tree? What if the package name is a common word? What about bugs requesting a previously removed package be re-added? Or a different project using the same name? > It's not for versions, only package names (there are still bugs > referring to already removed packages for months) The person dumping the package should be checking for open bugs at the time of removal. --=20 fonts, gcc-porting toolchain, wxwidgets @ gentoo.org --Sig_/PkihbrgYLwI.aasztOmR.ma Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+KiyEACgkQiqiDRvmkBmJGHACgyzWivCeDMW4ms6KoU8zgo99l PMkAoIlbDCChcpK/ZbLmdmvCX1uV0HUM =DAy/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/PkihbrgYLwI.aasztOmR.ma--