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Re: bug 699788

 

Vish, the HowToTriage is clear enough and I understand that here's the place
for bugs triaging related stuff, I was not looking for packaging help.

With your last answer to Kurt my question was implicitly answered (:

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 01:05:32PM +0530, Vishnoo wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 05:11 -0400, kurt belgrave wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qmidiarp/+bug/699788
> >  Can this bug be set to triaged since it only asking for a micro update of the package?
> > Cheers
> > 
> 
> On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 15:47 -0600, Ronny Cardona wrote:
> > Sorry if I'm getting off-topic.
> > 
> > Will we have the oportunity to work with some developer(s) to lean about
> > bugs that need packaging?
> > 
> 
> 
> As for Kurt's question, It is better to just let the MOTU/Core/Archive
> folks, who are going to be involved in uploading the package, deal with
> the *status* . 
> Before uploading they might have questions as to why the changes were
> dropped/added or how the package update affects other depends or if the
> update is really essential, is the update stable, etc..
> So, the best person who can assess the those kinds of packaging bugs are
> folks who have previously worked on uploading the package. 
> 
> So, we wont be discussing a lot about packaging or packaging bugs here..
> 
> 
> 
> As for your question, seems you are mixing up a few things:
> 
> - Developer is the upstream person(or works with upstream) who writes
> the code.
> - Packager is one who packages the code for installation.
> - Triager is one who sorts bug reports according to their importance and
> makes it easier for the developer or packager to spot important bugs
> quicker.
> 
> There are a lot of developers who do not know about Debian packaging at
> all.
> 
> One might know all the three roles but not necessarily. mostly people
> focus on one task they like which sometimes helps them judge the other
> two roles.
> 
> If one wants to get involved in development , working directly with
> upstreams is the best way.
> 
> If one wants to get involved in packaging, working with Ubuntu-MOTU team
> or with the Debian folks is the best way.
> 
> For Bug Triaging, here is good.. ;-)
> 
> 
> Ronny, were you confused about what bug triaging was? Or Were you
> mainly looking for packaging help and the wiki misled you? 
> 
> (just trying to make sure whether the wiki was clear or not; and if the
> wiki could be made clearer with regard to that. we have had issues where
> people dint find the wiki clear and once we know the misleading part, we
> fix the wiki) :-)
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 02:53:18PM -0600, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> > > On Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:43:25 -0600
> > > Ronny Cardona <rcart1019@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello kurt, I'm a mentee too.
> > > > 
> > > > I think that the bug should be now marked as Triaged, since the update
> > > > requirement is confirmed.
> > > > 
> > > > What I would like to know is, if we need a fast response from the
> > > > packaging team, we should send the bug report to MOTU mailing list and
> > > > ask for an upgrade of the package?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Packaging bugs require a lot of knowledge to triage properly. Please
> > > read 
> > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage#Special%20types%20of%20bugs to
> > > learn about these special types of bugs. Normally, an individual
> > > learning to work bug triage would not have the knowledge to properly
> > > prepare these types of bugs. Kurt has worked with a  couple of
> > > developers to learn about these special requirements.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 05:11:32AM -0400, kurt belgrave wrote:
> > > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qmidiarp/+bug/699788
> > > > >  Can this bug be set to triaged since it only asking for a micro update of
> > > > > the package?
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Charlie Kravetz 
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> -- 
> Cheers,
> Vish
> 



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