as mentioned in my last blog post, I attended the Bug Squashing Party in bern two weeks ago. I think alltogether we were quite productive, as seen on the list of usertagged bugs. – here's my personal list of release-critical bugs that I touched at the BSP or afterwards:
#860523– python-dogtail: "python-dogtail: /bin/sniff fails to start on a merged-/usr system"
apply patch found in the BTS, QA upload#873997– src:openjpeg2: "FTBFS with Java 9 due to -source/-target only"
apply patch from the BTS, upload to DELAYED/5- #879624 – xorg: "xorg: After upgrade to buster: system doesnt start x-server anymore but stop reacting"
lower severity #884658– dkms: "dkms: Should really depends on dpkg-dev for dpkg-architecture"
add a comment to the bug log#886120– ctpp2: "makes ctpp2 randomly FTBFS, syntax errors, hides problems"
apply patch from the BTS, upload to DELAYED/5#886836– libgtkmm-2.4-dev,libgtkmm-2.4-doc: "libgtkmm-2.4-dev,libgtkmm-2.4-doc: both ship usr/share/doc/libgtkmm-2.4-dev/examples/*"
propose a patch#887602– dia: "dia: Detect freetype via pkg-config"
add patch from upstream merge request, upload to DELAYED/5#890595– phpmyadmin: "phpmyadmin: warnings when running under php 7.2, apparently fixed by new upstream series 4.7.x"
prepare a debdiff#892121– src:libxml-saxon-xslt2-perl: "libxml-saxon-xslt2-perl FTBFS with libsaxonhe-java 9.8.0.8+dfsg+1-1"
upload with patch from racke (pkg-perl)#892444– src:ttfautohint: "ttfautohint: Please use 'pkg-config' to find FreeType 2"
add patch from Hilko Bengen in BTS, upload to DELAYED/5, then fixed in a maintainer upload#898752– src:node-webpack: "node-webpack: FTBFS and autopkgtest failure on 32-bit"
apply proposal from BTS, upload to DELAYED/5- #900395 – xserver-xorg-input-all: "xserver-xorg-input-all: keyboard no longer working after dist-upgrade"
downgrade and tag moreinfo #906187– facter-dev: "facter-dev: missing Depends: libfacter3.11.0 (= ${binary:Version})"
add missing Depends, upload to DELAYED/5#906977– src:parley: "parley: FTBFS in buster/sid ('QItemSelection' does not name a type)"
add patch from upstream git, upload to DELAYED/5#907975– libf2fs-format-dev: "libf2fs-format-dev: missing Breaks+Replaces: libf2fs-dev (<< 1.11)"
add missing Breaks+Replaces, upload to DELAYED/5#908147– cups-browsed: "restarting cups-browsed deleted print jobs"
try to reproduce#911324– carton: "carton: Carton fails due to missing Menlo::CLI::Compat dependency"
package missing new dependencies and depend on them (pkg-perl)#912046– ebtables: "ebtables provides the same executables as iptables packages without using alternatives"
add a comment to the bug log#912380– man-db: "endless looping, breaks dpkg"
add a comment to the bug log#912685– src:net-snmp: "debian/rules is not binNMU safe"
add a comment to the bug log#913179– libprelude: "libprelude: FTBFS with glibc 2.28; cherrypicked patches attached"
take patch from BTS, upload to DELAYED/10#915297– src:libtest-bdd-cucumber-perl: "libtest-bdd-cucumber-perl: FTBFS: README.pod: No such file or directory"
remove override from debian/rules (pkg-perl)#915806– src:jabref: "jabref FTBFS"
add build-dep and jar to classpath (pkg-java)
