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the release team has started to usertag [0] the remaining RC bugs – yeah, another step towards the release!

here are my small contributions around RC bugs:

• #544310 – xsidplay: "xsidplay: FTBFS on GNU/kFreeBSD (alsa is linux-specific)"
  add [linux-any] to libasound2-dev, upload to DELAYED/2, later integrated into maintainer upload
• #551543 – muttprint: "cannot remove path when cwd is /tmp/muttprint*"
  add a patch for the second incarnation of the bug report
• #604234 – emacspeak-ss: "emacspeak-ss: dpkg hangs while preconfiguring packages"
  update bug info
• #605240 – tenshi: "tenshi: fails to upgrade from lenny"
  update bug info
• #605793 – src:libclass-dbi-asform-perl: "libclass-dbi-asform-perl: FTBFS: failed tests"
  add patch and tighten build dependency (pkg-perl)
• #606000 – libmail-spf-query-perl: "libmail-spf-query-perl: Incorrect query results with IPv6 addresses; should warn about missing IPv6 support and/or fail graciously"
  update bug info and clone to qpsmtpd (#607472), package removed later (#608335)
• #606777 – sendfile: "sendfile: package fails to upgrade properly from lenny"
  update bug info, later upload chris' patch to DELAYED/2
• #606779 – openswan: "openswan: package fails to upgrade properly from lenny"
  update bug info
• #606785 – common-lisp-controller: "stumpwm: package fails to upgrade properly from lenny"
  reassign and update bug info, later sponsor maintainer upload
• #606802 – bacula-director-pgsql: "bacula-director-pgsql: make_catalog_backup is broken"
  investigate further and make proposals, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #607472 – qpsmtpd: "qpsmtpd: Switch from Mail::SPF::Query to Mail::SPF"
  propose patch, later closed by maintainer

[0] if I got it right:

• squeeze-will-remove
• squeeze-is-blocker
• squeeze-can-defer

update: all tags combined: http://tinyurl.com/squeeze-sort (thanks to the RT for the URL & to zack for the pointer)

as pointed out by Tolimar the number of RC bugs is decreasing. here's the list of my small contributions (which includes also one bug I've caused *cough*).

• #603036 – lvm2: "lvm2: fails to install due to incorrect dependencies in init.d LSB header"
  update bug information, test solutions
• #603407 – gearman-server: "gearman-server: Server hangs when job is submitted"
  investigate, tag unreproducible, lower severity (pkg-perl)
• #603429 – hylafax-server: "hylafax-server: prompting due to modified conffiles which where not modified by the user"
  send new patches, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #604221 – hylafax-server: "hylafax-server: installation fails"
  send another patch, later upload to DELAYED/2
• #604225 – mailscanner: "mailscanner: installation fails"
  test for existence of /dev/tty in maintainer scripts, upload to DELAYED/2
• #604975 – fractxtra,xfractint: "xfractint and fractxtra: error when trying to install together"
  update bug information, later fixed by maintainer
• #605136 – python-apt-common: "python-apt-common: fails to install, trying to overwrite other packages files"
  add Replaces in debian/control. upload to DELAYED/2. later overridden by maintainer upload
• #605565 – gnustep-base-runtime: "gnustep-base-runtime: unremovable if the daemon is not running"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #606000 – libmail-spf-query-perl: "libmail-spf-query-perl: Incorrect query results with IPv6 addresses; should warn about missing IPv6 support and/or fail graciously"
  investigate (pkg-perl)
• #606802 – bacula-director-pgsql: "bacula-director-pgsql: make_catalog_backup is broken"
  investigate and make a proposal

squeeze is getting closer :)

this time my report on my work on RC bugs contains the list of what I did during the bug squashing party in bern. – thanks to the nice guys from switzerland, france, & italy for the great time, & especially to gaudenz for organising the meeting!

• #551543 – muttprint: "cannot remove path when cwd is /tmp/muttprint*"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #561645 – gdesklets: "FYI, cannot run gdesklets with python2.6"
  upload to DELAYED/2 after a test from a fellow DD, reschedule to DELAYED/0 with maintainer's permission later
• #602222 – bacula: "bacula meta-package not installable with recommended packages"
  add patch inspired by proposal in BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #603145 – lprfax: "lprfax: fails to install and eats all cpu"
  add a comment to the BTS
• #603303 – ttf-oriya-fonts: "ttf-oriya-fonts: purge does not remove oriya fonts from defoma cache"
  downgrade + tag unreproducible
• #603407 – gearman-server: "gearman-server: Server hangs when job is submitted"
  request more information from submitter (pkg-perl)
• #603561 – latex209-bin: "latex209-bin: fails to upgrade from lenny, probably a dependency cycle with latex209-base"
  sponsor NMU (DELAYED/2)
• #603737 – libwww-myspace-perl: "libwww-myspace-perl: b0rked after MySpace changes in November 2010"
  ask release team for removal (pkg-perl)
• #604018 – pure-ftpd-postgresql: "pure-ftpd-postgresql: fails to authenticate, errors in configuration file (SQL)"
  add a patch/comment to the BTS
• #604042 – opendnssec: "Purging opendnssec-common causes dpkg (or at least aptitude) to break"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2, later cancelled on maintainer's request
• #604212 – hylafax-server: "capi4hylafax: installation fails"
  merge with #604221
• #604215 – libpam-rsa: "libpam-rsa: installation fails"
  investigate
• #604221 – hylafax-server: "hylafax-server: installation fails"
  add a patch to the BTS
• #604224 – pike7.8-dev: "pike7.8-dev: installation fails"
  add a comment, tag unreproducible

if I'm not mistaken, more & more people are trying to hunt down RC bugs – nice! here are my contributions during the last weeks:

• #591133 – src:linux86: "linux86: FTBFS: ncc: illegal label"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #592546 – kernel-package: "kernel-package: does not create bootable image"
  lower severity
• #595397 – libsys-sigaction-perl: "libsys-sigaction-perl: FTBFS on armel, unsupported"
  close after verification (pkg-perl)
• #598956 – libwebkit-1.0-2: "On kfreebsd going into web pane segfaults Liferea."
  grab patch from BTS and uploaed to DELAYED/5
• #599693 – nama: "nama: Startup fails because socket creation fails"
  upload fixed package prepared by bolangi (pkg-perl)
• #600585 – vzctl: "vzctl: package fails to purge due to missing line continuation"
  apply patch from BTS (plus two other patches for two other bugs) and upload to DELAYED/7. later uploaded by maintainer
• #601116 – liburi-perl: "liburi-perl: FTBFS in squeeze: test failed"
  upload to t-p-u and unstable (pkg-perl)
• #601978 – gbonds: "gbonds: file conflict during upgrade from lenny"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #601979 – libcherokee-server0-dev: "libcherokee-server0-dev: file conflict during upgrade from lenny"
  add Replaces and upload to DELAYED/2, later integrated into maintainer upload
• #601988 – xfsprogs: "xfsprogs: file conflict when upgrading from lenny"
  add Replaces and upload to DELAYED/2, later fixed by maintainer upload
• #601990 – libqdbm3++c2: "libqdbm3++c2: file conflict when upgrading from lenny"
  sponsor maintainer upload
• #601996 – uim-applet-gnome: "uim-applet-gnome: file conflict when upgrading from lenny"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #602171 – gdesklets: "gdesklets: won't start"
  propose a debdiff
• #602832 – libsocket-getaddrinfo-perl: "libsocket-getaddrinfo-perl: 0.16-1 segfaults on lenny and squeeze"
  raise severity and provide some debug info (pkg-perl)
• #602872 – wine: "wine: ftbfs on amd64, needs to build-depend on new ia32-libs-dev"
  upload NMU from mentors.d.n to DELAYED/7
• #602877 – dvd+rw-tools: "dvd+rw-tools: apt dpendency problem"
  add a comment to the BTS, closed by maintainer afterwards

some remarks:

• although I was at the bug squashing party during the Paris Debian MiniConf I was more productive at home; I guess there was just to much other stuff to do (like going to talks and meet people) in Paris :)
• still no single complaint for my NMUs; but a few "thank you"s & some friendly requests to delay/cancel an NMU from active maintainers
• enrico sent some "should we remove this package from testing?" mails to several bugs today. IMO that's a great next step that will bring us closer to the release – grazie!

it seems I was a bit busy & lazy in the last two weeks. luckily diocles & evgeni were more active than me – kudos!

here are my small contributions:

• #594860 – src:hmmer: "hmmer: FTBFS (powerpc): altivec and cast errors"
  sent debdiff to the BTS, later uploaded by maintainer
• #598958 – src:doodle: "doodle: FTBFS: configure: error: Doodle requires libextractor."
  add a patch to the bug (no upload, only experimental affected), later fixed by maintainer
• #600015 – gextractwinicons: "gextractwinicons: Fails to extract resources"
  manually close a bug (syntax error in changelog)
• #600806 – libxml-rsslite-perl: "libxml-rsslite-perl: Test data does not have license"
  help in the coordination/decision about removal from testing, upload new package to unstable (pkg-perl)
• #601116 – liburi-perl: "liburi-perl: FTBFS in squeeze: test failed"
  draft a preliminary patch (pkg-perl)

a rather active week, although most of my uploads were (again!) either packages prepared by others or packages where I just applied existing patches from the BTS.

• #524102 – libsubtitleeditor0: "libsubtitleeditor0: missing Replaces: subtitleeditor"
  add missing Breaks/Replaces and upload to DELAYED/2
• #591976 – src:libjifty-plugin-chart-perl: "libjifty-plugin-chart-perl: does not build swf files from source"
  upload repackaged package prepared by bremner (pkg-perl)
• #593014 – src:libpoe-api-peek-perl: "FTBFS: test t/03-event.t fails with libpoe-perl (2:1.2920-1)"
  upload new upstream release prepared by periapt (pkg-perl)
• #593027 – src:solr: "solr: FTBFS: lib/lucene-core-2.9.2.jar Missing"
  untag squeeze
• #597180 – valgrind: "valgrind: Man page misbuilt on i386"
  add missing build dependency and upload to DELAYED/2
• #598070 – src:libdevel-cover-perl: "libdevel-cover-perl: FTBFS (powerpc): Test 37 fails"
  manual versioned close, the new version builds again (pkg-perl)
• #598249 – pacemaker: "unable to install pacemaker heartbeat"
  close: affects backports and not reproducible
• #599251 – liblatex-driver-perl: "FTBFS: waits for user input at "latex path [/usr/bin/latex]""
  uploaded fixed package prepared by carnil (pkg-perl)

in case you haven't seen it yet: there will be a BSP at the Mini DebConf Paris at the end of october. .

diocles' blog post reminds me that it's time again for some more RCBW propaganda. – so here are the RC bugs I've worked on in the last two weeks:

• #574624 – dibbler-client: "dibbler-client: after removing package with dselect impossible to purge it."
  apply patch to init script, upload to DELAYED/2
• #578403 – mysql-proxy: "DAEMON=".." in initscripts points to"
  fix init script (patch from BTS), upload to DELAYED/2
• #589582 – eucalyptus: "eucalyptus: FTBFS with upcoming Hibernate 3.5"
  add a comment to the bug report
• #595839 – verilog-mode: "verilog-mode: FTBFS in squeeze: Nonexistent build-dependency: 'emacs22'"
  add emacs23 as first alternative in B-D-I, upload to DELAYED/2. later cancelled
• #595876 – multiboot: "multiboot: FTBFS in squeeze: rm: cannot remove `debian/multiboot/usr/share/info/dir': No such file or directory"
  remove potentially created file unconditionally, upload to DELAYED/2
• #597409 – tk707: "tk707: install-info installed leads to /usr/share/info/dir.gz in built package"
  rm /usr/share/info/dir.gz in debian/rules, upload to DELAYED/2
• #597411 – ssed: "ssed: install-info installed leads to /usr/share/info/sdir.gz in built package"
  rm /usr/share/info/sdir.gz in debian/rules, upload to DELAYED/2

which RC bug are you going to tackle today?

thanks to Lucas' recent archive rebuild & bug filing we have new stuff to work on :) my activities in the last week:

• #567241 – libbuffy-perl: "fails after binnmu"
  apply patches from ntyni and upload to DELAYED/2
• #578458 – src:libcoro-perl: "libcoro-perl: FTBFS: E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately"
  send a mail to -close after it finally builds again (pkg-perl)
• #592620 – time: "time: FTBFS in ubuntu due to nonexistent build dependency"
  upload NMU prepared by carnil to DELAYED/5
• #594503 – liblunar-1-0-dbg: "liblunar-1-0-dbg: empty package"
  tell dh_strip about the -dbg package and upload to DELAYED/2
• #595473 – gobby-0.5: "does not depend on dbus"
  close the bug as #595480 is fixed
• #595836 – enscribe: "enscribe: FTBFS in squeeze: Nonexistent build-dependency: 'libgd-dev'"
  switch order of real/virtual package in Build-Depends and uploaded to DELAYED/2
• #595837 – libproxy: "libproxy: FTBFS in squeeze: pacrunner_mozjs.c:33:19: error: jsapi.h: No such file or directory"
  tag unreproducible, close later
• #595845 – namazu2: "namazu2: FTBFS in squeeze: Nonexistent build-dependency: 'tk8.3'"
  fix build-dep and upload to DELAYED/2
• #595850 – gjs: "gjs: FTBFS in squeeze: modules/console.c:53:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory"
  tag unreproducible, close later
• #595871 – freej: "freej: FTBFS in squeeze: make[5]: *** No rule to make target `./Makefile'. Stop."
  tag unreproducible, close later
• #595876 – multiboot: "multiboot: FTBFS in squeeze: rm: cannot remove `debian/multiboot/usr/share/info/dir': No such file or directory"
  tag unreproducible

I thought it's about time to write a short report on my RC bug squashing activities again; nothing spectacular, but maybe it motivats others *hint*

• #558272 – libdate-calc-perl: "Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string"
  upload package prepared by ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #578458 – src:libcoro-perl: "libcoro-perl: FTBFS: E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately"
  more mails to the BTS (pkg-perl)
• #590652 – src:megahal: "megahal: build depends on obsolete Tcl/Tk 8.3"
  sponsor QA upload prepared by ansgar
• #591111 – src:libdbd-sqlite3-perl: "libdbd-sqlite3-perl: FTBFS: failed tests"
  upload package prepared by carnil with a patch from ntyni (pkg-perl)
• #591678 – greylistd: "greylistd-setup-exim4 causes excessive callouts and cause the server to be blacklisted"
  add a comment in the BTS
• #592506 – libtest-harness-perl: "libtest-harness-perl: Serious regressions in 3.20-1 solved in upstream Git, probably blocker for stable"
  propose removal from testing (pkg-perl)
• #593145 – chrony: "chrony: fails to configure on installation"
  fix init script and upload to DELAYED/2, later cancelled on maintainer's request
• #594708 – emerillon: "emerillon: FTBFS due to librest transition 0.6 -> 0.7"
  tag and comment on the BTS
• #596257 – libanyevent-perl: "libanyevent-perl: architecture specific constants in an arch:all package"
  upload as arch:any, analysis by ntyni (pkg-perl)

there was a recurring catchphrase during DebConf10, worded something like "Debian derivatives are also our users", that appeared quite often in talks as well as in hallway chats.

I kept pondering about this idea, & I'm still not sure what to think about it, & what the "message behind the message" actually is: is it an intelligent new point of view, some new way of thinking, seeing an increase in our user base & therefore in our possibilities&responsibilities? or, on the contrary, is it an admission of "defeat", accepting in resignation that end users prefer other distros, & Debian can only cling to the idea of "derivatives as users" in order to maintain its raison d'être?

in the beginning I liked the idea ("oh, I haven't looked at it that way yet"); over time I tended to hear the defending undertone stronger ("if nothing else we are at least useful as a base for other distros").

the phrase might have both aspects; & I'm still not sure neither how it was actually meant nor if I like it ...