I've set up a windows machine yesterday (& today since this takes so long). on my own old laptop. at home. & it's running in my apartment.

feels strange after living in windows-free apartments for quite some years. & I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

the purpose of resurrecting my old laptop is to run a CPAN smoke tester. there are constant complaints in the perl community about the low amount of test reports from windows installations (& for older distributions, so I'm running CPAN::Reporter::Smoker with 'reverse' => 1, at least once).

for the time being, I'm using non-free software to improve free software. – let's see how this develops …

ps: I'm also running a CPAN smoke tester on my raspberry pi (under raspbian with a perlbrewed perl) since a few days. it's a bit slow but well :)

I know, I'm starting to repeat myself but: this week was again characterized more be RC bug prevention than by actual RC bug fixing. – in other words: I was mostly dealing with not-yet release-critical bugs around the perl 5.18 transition.

actual RC bugs I've worked on (also mostly pkg-perl related):

• #666799 – libapache2-reload-perl: "libapache2-reload-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  upload to unstable after review (adaption to apache 2.4) (pkg-perl)
• #666800 – libapache-singleton-perl: "libapache-singleton-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  upload to unstable after review (adaption to apache 2.4) (pkg-perl)
• #666807 – libapache-authenhook-perl: "libapache-authenhook-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  upload to unstable after review (adaption to apache 2.4) (pkg-perl)
• #707528 – libpackage-stash-perl: "libpackage-stash-perl: Package::Stash::* used only once; causes FTBFS in other packages"
  some investigation (pkg-perl)
• #710873 – libapache2-mod-perl2: "libapache2-mod-perl2: FTBFS with newer libhttp-message-perl: t/api/err_headers_out.t failures"
  prepare a patch in git and upload after some tweaks and ntyni's help (pkg-perl)
• #711314 – libmockito-java: "Missing jars in /usr/share/maven-repo"
  re-upload built against recent maven-*-helper packages to DELAYED/1
• #711419 – src:libcgi-application-plugin-devpopup-perl: "libcgi-application-plugin-devpopup-perl: FTBFS: Got copyright stanza with unrecognised field"
  fix debian/copyright and debian/components/copyright.in (pkg-perl)
• #711631 – src:libstring-toidentifier-en-perl: "libstring-toidentifier-en-perl: FTBFS with perl 5.18: test failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #711632 – src:libtest-www-mechanize-mojo-perl: "libtest-www-mechanize-mojo-perl: FTBFS: pod coverage test failure"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)

here's the overview about my RC bug fixing activities for the last week:

• #666799 – libapache2-reload-perl: "libapache2-reload-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  prepare adaption to apache 2.4 in git (pkg-perl)
• #666800 – libapache-singleton-perl: "libapache-singleton-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  prepare adaption to apache 2.4 in git (pkg-perl)
• #666807 – libapache-authenhook-perl: "libapache-authenhook-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  prepare adaption to apache 2.4 in git (pkg-perl)
• #666822 – libapache2-mod-perl2: "libapache2-mod-perl2: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  upload the package to unstable, most of the work done by Niko Tyni (pkg-perl)
• #666837 – libapache2-authcookie-perl: "libapache2-authcookie-perl: sourceful transition towards Apache 2.4"
  try to prepare adaption to apache 2.4 in git (pkg-perl)
• #678380 – remotetea: "remotetea: FTBFS with Java7 as default java"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684296 – tomcat-maven-plugin: "tomcat-maven-plugin: Drop build dependency on openjdk-6-jdk"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684305 – umlet: "umlet: Transition package to use default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #709055 – netmrg: "netmrg: FTBFS with multiarch net-snmp"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / Colin Watson, upload to DELAYED/2
• #709183 – librep: "librep: FTBFS on kfreebsd-amd64"
  apply patch from Steven Chamberlain, upload to DELAYED/2
• #710416 – courier-filter-perl: "courier-filter-perl: postinst uses /usr/share/doc content (Policy 12.3)"
  fix installation of config file (pkg-perl)

like last week, I was working on the preparation of the Perl 5.18 transition. besides that I also uploaded some RC bug fixes, mostly by taking patches that came from Ubuntu (kudos!):

• #683512 – biogenesis: "biogenesis: Transition package to use default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #683519 – bytecode: "bytecode: Transition package to default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #683522 – coco-java: "coco-java: Transition package to use default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #683525 – collectd: "collectd: Transition package to use default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #683543 – jasmin-sable: "jasmin-sable: Transition package to default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2, then uploaded by maintainer
• #683550 – jfractionlab: "jfractionlab: Transition package to default java implementation; fix java7 compatibility"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684154 – libusb-java: "libusb-java: Transition package to use default java implementation + java 7 compatibility"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684155 – mockito: "mockito: Drop BD on openjdk-6-jdk"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684162 – neobio: "neobio: Transition package to default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #684378 – x11vnc: "x11vnc: Transition package to use default java implementation"
  apply patch from Ubuntu / James Page, upload to DELAYED/2
• #708766 – libimager-qrcode-perl: "libimager-qrcode-perl: Update for newer libimager-perl needed"
  upload with my patch from last week to DELAYED/2
• #708840 – src:owl: "owl: FTBFS: configure: error: No terminfo found for this system"
  upload with my patch from last week to DELAYED/2
• #709676 – src:libapache-authenhook-perl: "libapache-authenhook-perl: FTBFS on i386: $Config{ccflags} lost"
  fix *FLAGS in debian/rules (pkg-perl)

as a side note (or better: question): why are the bugs for the upcoming Apache 2.4 and openjdk-7 transitions classified as 'serious', instead of as 'important', like the Perl 5.18 ones?

besides working on the preparation of the Perl 5.18 transition, I also looked into some RC bugs:

• #542564 – xmlroff: "xmlroff: uses libgnomeprint which is scheduled for removal"
  drop build dependency and disable in ./configure, upload to DELAYED/2
• #665506 – src:ario: "ario: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  apply patch from Michael Biebl, upload to DELAYED/2, overriden by a faster upload of another bug squashing DD
• #665530 – src:getstream: "getstream: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  add patch from Michael Biebl, upload to DELAYED/2
• #665555 – src:gxine: "gxine: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  add info about next build failure to bug report
• #665573 – src:librcc: "librcc: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  include patch from Colin Watson, upload to DELAYED/2
• #665579 – src:meanwhile: "meanwhile: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  apply patch from Michael Biebl, upload to DELAYED/2
• #665609 – src:sagasu: "sagasu: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  apply patch from Michael Biebl, upload to DELAYED/2
• #665628 – src:xmlroff: "xmlroff: Including individual glib headers no longer supported"
  apply patch from Michael Biebl, upload to DELAYED/2
• #707686 – dhelp: "dhelp: FTBFS and uninstallable in sid: needs ruby-gettext"
  upload last week's patch to DELAYED/2
• #708598 – src:libgeo-ip-perl: "libgeo-ip-perl: FTBFS: CAPI must be at least 1.4.8 - Please update"
  upload new upstream release (pkg-perl)
• #708730 – libanyevent-perl: "libanyevent-perl: architecture specific constants in an arch:all package (again)"
  switch back to arch:any (pkg-perl)
• #708766 – libimager-qrcode-perl: "libimager-qrcode-perl: Update for newer libimager-perl needed"
  file a bug with patch (update for newer libimager-perl)

after the release is before the release. this week I started to pick up my RC bug squashing activities again. first results:

• #675231 – psad: "psad: prompting due to modified conffiles which were not modified by the user"
  add a comment to the bug report
• #700527 – libjs-jquery: ""libjs-jquery broken by movabletype-opensource << 5.1.4+dfsg-3~""
  upload to DELAYED/2 with patch (adding Conflicts) prepared by a fellow DD, then uploaded by maintainer
• #706764 – assaultcube-data: "assaultcube-data: fails to upgrade from squeeze - trying to overwrite /usr/share/man/man6/assaultcube-server.6.gz"
  add Breaks/Replaces as suggested in the bug report, upload to DELAYED/2
• #707686 – dhelp: "dhelp: FTBFS and uninstallable in sid: needs ruby-gettext"
  file new bug with patch

besides that I've also started to look at the "FTBFS with perl 5.18 in experimental" bugs which are not RC yet. – yes, perl 5.18 is already in experimental!

2 weeks passed, & I worked on exactly 2 RC bugs *cough*

• #656166 – firmware-b43legacy-installer: "firmware-b43legacy-installer: unowned files after purge (policy 6.8)"
  ship empty directories in packages, upload to DELAYED/5, later moved to 0-day with maintainer's permission
• #704870 – opus: "opus: cve-2013-0899"
  add pointers to upstream bugs/commits, later NMUd by another DD

seems like the release is imminent, at least I hardly find anything to work on anymore. so this week's "report" contains just an upload for one old bug:

• #697221 – motion: "motion: No longer has support for mysql"
  add some info to the bug report, then add a version to the build-dep and upload to DELAYED/1

there are not many RC bugs left (yeah!), this also means that my work in this area was rather minimal last week:

• #702486 – libnet-twitter-perl: "libnet-twitter-perl: version 4.x required for new Twitter API"
  ack removal from testing and upload new upstream release to unstable (pkg-perl)
• #702523 – libnet-twitter-lite-perl: "libnet-twitter-lite-perl: needs update for new Twitter API"
  ack removal from testing, new upstream release already in experimentalunstable (pkg-perl)
• #703094 – owncloud: "owncloud: multiple vulnerabilities (oC-SA-2013-009, oC-SA-2013-010)"
  upload package with patches from last week to DELAYED/3
• #703496 – license-reconcile: "license-reconcile: missing dependency on libuniversal-require-perl"
  add missing dependency (pkg-perl)

& another week has gone by where I tried to work on RC bugs. here's the overview:

• #656090 – ocsinventory-server: "ocsinventory-server: prompting due to modified conffiles which where not modified by the user"
  ping bug, provide a package for piuparts testing, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #702753 – src:spandsp: "spandsp: Downloads external files at build time (through xsltproc) -- missing Build-Depends?"
  confirm and prepare patch, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #702769 – bup: "FTBFS: bup.git.GitError: no such commit '75cd2b98c52d29ba5d510b37d7c9adb01553bd1f'"
  add some information
• #702790 – service-wrapper-java: "FTBFS: local changes detected"
  investigate and send a possible cause of the problem to the bug log, add a patch later
• #703094 – owncloud: "owncloud: multiple vulnerabilities (oC-SA-2013-009, oC-SA-2013-010)"
  prepare patch from upstream commits