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b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/debian-faq.en.txt.gz Binary files differindex 87b535cb6..aeaaa4122 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/debian-faq.en.txt.gz +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/debian-faq.en.txt.gz diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-basic_defs.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-basic_defs.en.html index 5d0babb9c..cc5565314 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-basic_defs.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-basic_defs.en.html @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-choosing.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-choosing.en.html index af1f232ae..e0403cc09 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-choosing.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-choosing.en.html @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-compat.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-compat.en.html index 7d9ea1562..375bff45d 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-compat.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-compat.en.html @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-contributing.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-contributing.en.html index 607a72bbd..db2d6e329 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-contributing.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-contributing.en.html @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-customizing.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-customizing.en.html index e112c5386..94671123b 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-customizing.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-customizing.en.html @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-faqinfo.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-faqinfo.en.html index 5349d74f2..9edac2076 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-faqinfo.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-faqinfo.en.html @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-ftparchives.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-ftparchives.en.html index 71b92a5dd..0efd28ab9 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-ftparchives.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-ftparchives.en.html @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-getting.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-getting.en.html index cc28eeddb..16d506c41 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-getting.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-getting.en.html @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-kernel.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-kernel.en.html index 995f64819..58781c998 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-kernel.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-kernel.en.html @@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-nexttime.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-nexttime.en.html index 0b2724860..cd6c875e5 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-nexttime.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-nexttime.en.html @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkg_basics.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkg_basics.en.html index d67b3d7a2..72799b217 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkg_basics.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkg_basics.en.html @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkgtools.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkgtools.en.html index 763c63acf..391e6560f 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkgtools.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-pkgtools.en.html @@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-redistrib.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-redistrib.en.html index 6a2b65d87..77bbf561b 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-redistrib.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-redistrib.en.html @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-software.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-software.en.html index e2beb961d..2c2d7458e 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-software.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-software.en.html @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-support.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-support.en.html index a078153a5..5036cb539 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-support.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-support.en.html @@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-uptodate.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-uptodate.en.html index 5f13eb5ba..33cc9f08e 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-uptodate.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/ch-uptodate.en.html @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/footnotes.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/footnotes.en.html index eede4011b..881269fa1 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/footnotes.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/footnotes.en.html @@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/index.en.html b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/index.en.html index 7575c572b..c7115e0d1 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/index.en.html +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/FAQ/html/index.en.html @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> -version 4.0.4+nmu1, 3 January 2010<br> +version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-access.txt b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-access.txt index 748b01633..c8fa75f57 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-access.txt +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-access.txt @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ +Methods of accessing the bug tracking system logs + Accessing active bug reports - Each message received at or sent by the bug processing system is logged - and made available in a number of ways. + Each message received at or sent by the bug processing system is + logged and made available in a number of ways. - The primary access method is to use the web pages. See the forms on the - main BTS page at http://bugs.debian.org/ + The primary access method is to use the web pages. See the forms on + the main BTS page at http://bugs.debian.org/ There is a mailserver which can send bug reports as plain text on request. To use it send the word help as the sole contents of an email @@ -16,8 +18,9 @@ Accessing archived bug reports Each closed bug report is archived 28 days after the last message relating to it is received and filed. This means that it is no longer - possible to access it or change anything about it using the control and - service bots. However, the reports are still accessible for viewing. + possible to access it or change anything about it using the control + and service bots. However, the reports are still accessible for + viewing. You can search the bug report archive using the WWW forms at http://bugs.debian.org/, simply select the "archived bugs" option. @@ -41,12 +44,12 @@ Accessing the raw bug data Please do not rely on *.status files in the bug spools, as they are obsolete, for compatibility purposes only, and will be removed at some point in the future. Use the *.summary files instead. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> Debian bug tracking system Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-mailserver.txt b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-mailserver.txt index 764d25a9e..447a059f7 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-mailserver.txt +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-log-mailserver.txt @@ -1,30 +1,32 @@ +Introduction to the bug system request server + There is a mailserver which can send the bug reports and indices as plain text on request. To use it you send a mail message to request@bugs.debian.org. The - Subject of the message is ignored, except for generating the Subject of - the reply. + Subject of the message is ignored, except for generating the Subject + of the reply. The body you send should be a series of commands, one per line. You'll receive a reply which looks like a transcript of your message being - interpreted, with a response to each command. No notifications are sent - to anyone for the commands listed here and the mail isn't logged + interpreted, with a response to each command. No notifications are + sent to anyone for the commands listed here and the mail isn't logged anywhere publicly available. Any text on a line starting with a hash sign # is ignored; the server will stop processing when it finds a line with a control terminator ( - quit, thank you, or two hyphens are common examples). It will also stop - if it encounters too many unrecognised or badly-formatted commands. If - no commands are successfully handled it will send the help text for the - server. + quit, thank you, or two hyphens are common examples). It will also + stop if it encounters too many unrecognised or badly-formatted + commands. If no commands are successfully handled it will send the + help text for the server. Commands available send bugnumber send-detail bugnumber Requests the transcript for the bug report in question. - send-detail sends all of the "boring" messages in the transcript - as well, such as the various auto-acks. + send-detail sends all of the "boring" messages in the + transcript as well, such as the various auto-acks. index [full] index-summary by-package @@ -34,8 +36,8 @@ Commands available number, respectively. index-maint - Requests the index page giving the list of maintainers with bugs - (open and recently-closed) in the tracking system. + Requests the index page giving the list of maintainers with + bugs (open and recently-closed) in the tracking system. index maint maintainer Requests the index pages of bugs in the system for the @@ -55,8 +57,8 @@ Commands available send-unmatched last|-1 send-unmatched old|-2 Requests logs of messages not matched to a particular bug - report, for this week, last week and the week before. (Each week - ends on a Wednesday.) + report, for this week, last week and the week before. (Each + week ends on a Wednesday.) getinfo filename Request a file containing information about package(s) and or @@ -100,18 +102,19 @@ Commands available -- Stops processing at this point of the message. After this you may include any text you like, and it will be ignored. You can - use this to include longer comments than are suitable for #, for - example for the benefit of human readers of your message - (reading it via the tracking system logs or due to a CC or BCC). + use this to include longer comments than are suitable for #, + for example for the benefit of human readers of your message + (reading it via the tracking system logs or due to a CC or + BCC). #... One-line comment. The # must be at the start of the line. debug level - Sets the debugging level to level, which should be a nonnegative - integer. 0 is no debugging; 1 is usually sufficient. The - debugging output appears in the transcript. It is not likely to - be useful to general users of the bug system. + Sets the debugging level to level, which should be a + nonnegative integer. 0 is no debugging; 1 is usually + sufficient. The debugging output appears in the transcript. It + is not likely to be useful to general users of the bug system. There is a reference card for the mailservers, available via the WWW, in bug-mailserver-refcard.txt or by email using the refcard command @@ -119,19 +122,19 @@ Commands available If you wish to manipulate bug reports you should use the control@bugs.debian.org address, which understands a superset of the - commands listed above. This is described in another document, available - on the WWW, in the file bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt, or by sending help - to control@bugs. + commands listed above. This is described in another document, + available on the WWW, in the file bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt, or by + sending help to control@bugs. - In case you are reading this as a plain text file or via email: an HTML - version is available via the bug system main contents page + In case you are reading this as a plain text file or via email: an + HTML version is available via the bug system main contents page http://www.debian.org/Bugs/. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> Debian bug tracking system Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-mailserver-refcard.txt b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-mailserver-refcard.txt index 757fb2dad..04a075b9c 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-mailserver-refcard.txt +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-mailserver-refcard.txt @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +Mail servers' reference card + Full documentation of the mail servers is available on the WWW, in the files bug-log-mailserver.txt and bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt or by sending the word help to each mailserver. @@ -68,12 +70,12 @@ Synopsis of bug submission and followup addresses * nnn-done * nnn-close * nnn-subscribe - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> Debian bug tracking system Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt index 332541279..b584c6671 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-info.txt @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ +Developers' information regarding the bug processing system + Initially, a bug report is submitted by a user as an ordinary mail message to submit@bugs.debian.org. This will then be given a number, acknowledged to the user, and forwarded to debian-bugs-dist. If the submitter included a Package line listing a package with a known maintainer the maintainer will get a copy too. - The Subject line will have Bug#nnn: added, and the Reply-To will be set - to include both the submitter of the report and nnn@bugs.debian.org. - __________________________________________________________________ + The Subject line will have Bug#nnn: added, and the Reply-To will be + set to include both the submitter of the report and + nnn@bugs.debian.org. + _________________________________________________________________ * Closing bug reports * Followup messages @@ -19,20 +22,20 @@ * Subscribing to bugs * More-or-less obsolete subject-scanning feature * Obsolete X-Debian-PR: quiet feature - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ Closing bug reports - Debian bug reports should be closed when the problem is fixed. Problems - in packages can only be considered fixed once a package that includes - the bug fix enters the Debian archive. + Debian bug reports should be closed when the problem is fixed. + Problems in packages can only be considered fixed once a package that + includes the bug fix enters the Debian archive. Normally, the only people that should close a bug report are the - submitter of the bug and the maintainer(s) of the package against which - the bug is filed. There are exceptions to this rule, for example, the - bugs filed against unknown packages or certain generic pseudo-packages. - When in doubt, don't close bugs, first ask for advice on the - debian-devel mailing list. + submitter of the bug and the maintainer(s) of the package against + which the bug is filed. There are exceptions to this rule, for + example, the bugs filed against unknown packages or certain generic + pseudo-packages. When in doubt, don't close bugs, first ask for advice + on the debian-devel mailing list. Bug reports should be closed by sending email to nnn-done@bugs.debian.org. The message body needs to contain an @@ -49,8 +52,8 @@ Closing bug reports The person closing the bug, the person who submitted it and the debian-bugs-closed mailing list will each get a notification about the - change in status of the report. The submitter and the mailing list will - also receive the contents of the message sent to nnn-done. + change in status of the report. The submitter and the mailing list + will also receive the contents of the message sent to nnn-done. Followup messages @@ -59,9 +62,9 @@ Followup messages forwarding the bug report. Please note that these are two distinct addresses. - If a developer wishes to reply to a bug report they should simply reply - to the message, respecting the Reply-To header. This will not close the - bug. + If a developer wishes to reply to a bug report they should simply + reply to the message, respecting the Reply-To header. This will not + close the bug. The bug tracking system will receive the message at nnn@bugs.debian.org, pass it on to the package maintainer, file the @@ -94,8 +97,8 @@ Severity levels The bug system records a severity level with each bug report. This is set to normal by default, but can be overridden either by supplying a Severity line in the pseudo-header when the bug is submitted (see the - instructions for reporting bugs), or by using the severity command with - the control request server. + instructions for reporting bugs), or by using the severity command + with the control request server. The severity levels are: @@ -111,9 +114,9 @@ Severity levels serious is a severe violation of Debian policy (roughly, it violates a - "must" or "required" directive), or, in the package maintainer's - or release manager's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for - release. + "must" or "required" directive), or, in the package + maintainer's or release manager's opinion, makes the package + unsuitable for release. important a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, @@ -131,10 +134,10 @@ Severity levels difficult to fix due to major design considerations. Certain severities are considered release-critical, meaning the bug - will have an impact on releasing the package with the stable release of - Debian. Currently, these are critical, grave and serious. For complete - and canonical rules on what issues merit these severities, see the list - of Release-Critical Issues for Lenny. + will have an impact on releasing the package with the stable release + of Debian. Currently, these are critical, grave and serious. For + complete and canonical rules on what issues merit these severities, + see the list of Release-Critical Issues for Lenny. Tags for bug reports @@ -143,9 +146,9 @@ Tags for bug reports when you look at the full bug log. Tags can be set by supplying a Tags line in the pseudo-header when the - bug is submitted (see the instructions for reporting bugs), or by using - the tags command with the control request server. Separate multiple - tags with commas, spaces, or both. + bug is submitted (see the instructions for reporting bugs), or by + using the tags command with the control request server. Separate + multiple tags with commas, spaces, or both. The current bug tags are: @@ -159,15 +162,15 @@ Tags for bug reports This bug won't be fixed. Possibly because this is a choice between two arbitrary ways of doing things and the maintainer and submitter prefer different ways of doing things, possibly - because changing the behaviour will cause other, worse, problems - for others, or possibly for other reasons. + because changing the behaviour will cause other, worse, + problems for others, or possibly for other reasons. moreinfo This bug can't be addressed until more information is provided by the submitter. The bug will be closed if the submitter doesn't provide more information in a reasonable (few months) - timeframe. This is for bugs like "It doesn't work". What doesn't - work? + timeframe. This is for bugs like "It doesn't work". What + doesn't work? unreproducible This bug can't be reproduced on the maintainer's system. @@ -178,8 +181,8 @@ Tags for bug reports The maintainer is requesting help with dealing with this bug. pending - A solution to this bug has been found and an upload will be made - soon. + A solution to this bug has been found and an upload will be + made soon. fixed This bug is fixed or worked around (by a non-maintainer upload, @@ -235,8 +238,8 @@ Tags for bug reports This bug particularly applies to the woody distribution. sarge - This is a distribution tag, which has two effects. When set on a - bug, the bug can only affect sarge (though it may also affect + This is a distribution tag, which has two effects. When set on + a bug, the bug can only affect sarge (though it may also affect other distributions if other distribution tags are set) but otherwise normal buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not be archived until it is fixed in sarge. @@ -248,8 +251,8 @@ Tags for bug reports from them. etch - This is a distribution tag, which has two effects. When set on a - bug, the bug can only affect etch (though it may also affect + This is a distribution tag, which has two effects. When set on + a bug, the bug can only affect etch (though it may also affect other distributions if other distribution tags are set) but otherwise normal buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not be archived until it is fixed in etch. @@ -261,11 +264,11 @@ Tags for bug reports from them. lenny - This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a bug, - the bug can only affect lenny (though it may also affect other - releases if other release tags are set) but otherwise normal - buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not be - archived until it is fixed in lenny. + This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a + bug, the bug can only affect lenny (though it may also affect + other releases if other release tags are set) but otherwise + normal buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not + be archived until it is fixed in lenny. lenny-ignore This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of @@ -274,11 +277,11 @@ Tags for bug reports authorization from them. squeeze - This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a bug, - the bug can only affect squeeze (though it may also affect other - releases if other release tags are set) but otherwise normal - buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not be - archived until it is fixed in squeeze. + This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a + bug, the bug can only affect squeeze (though it may also affect + other releases if other release tags are set) but otherwise + normal buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not + be archived until it is fixed in squeeze. squeeze-ignore This release-critical bug is to be ignored for the purposes of @@ -287,48 +290,40 @@ Tags for bug reports authorization from them. sid - This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a bug, - the bug can only affect sid (though it may also affect other - releases if other release tags are set) but otherwise normal - buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not be - archived until it is fixed in sid. - - experimental - This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a bug, - the bug can only affect experimental (though it may also affect + This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a + bug, the bug can only affect sid (though it may also affect other releases if other release tags are set) but otherwise normal buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also should not - be archived until it is fixed in experimental. - - The meanings of the latter 8 distribution-specific tags have changed - recently; the -ignore tags ignore the bug for the purposes of testing - propagation. The release tags indicate that the bug in question should - not be archived until it is fixed in the set of releases specified. The - release tags also indicate that a bug should only be considered buggy - in the set of releases specified. [In other words, the bug is absent in - any release whose corresponding release tag is not set if any release - tags are set; otherwise the normal found/fixed rules apply.] - - Release tags should not be used if proper versioning of the bug would - achieve the desired effect, as they require manual addition and - removal. If you are unsure if a release tag is required, contact the - Debian BTS Administrators (owner@bugs.debian.org) or the release team - for advice. + be archived until it is fixed in sid. + + experimental + This is a release tag, which has two effects. When set on a + bug, the bug can only affect experimental (though it may also + affect other releases if other release tags are set) but + otherwise normal buggy/fixed/absent rules apply. The bug also + should not be archived until it is fixed in experimental. + + The meanings of the latter 8 tags have changed recently; the ignore + tags ignore the bug for the purpose of a testing propagation. The + release tags, which used to only indicate which bugs affected a + specific release, now indicate when a bug can be archived and the set + of releases for which a bug can be considered to be found or fixed. Recording that you have passed on a bug report - When a developer forwards a bug report to the developer of the upstream - source package from which the Debian package is derived, they should - note this in the bug tracking system as follows: + When a developer forwards a bug report to the developer of the + upstream source package from which the Debian package is derived, they + should note this in the bug tracking system as follows: Make sure that the To field of your message to the author has only the author(s) address(es) in it; put the person who reported the bug, nnn-forwarded@bugs.debian.org and nnn@bugs.debian.org in the CC field. - Ask the author to preserve the CC to nnn-forwarded@bugs.debian.org when - they reply, so that the bug tracking system will file their reply with - the original report. These messages are only filed and are not sent on; - to send a message as normal, send them to nnn@bugs.debian.org as well. + Ask the author to preserve the CC to nnn-forwarded@bugs.debian.org + when they reply, so that the bug tracking system will file their reply + with the original report. These messages are only filed and are not + sent on; to send a message as normal, send them to nnn@bugs.debian.org + as well. When the bug tracking system gets a message at nnn-forwarded it will mark the relevant bug as having been forwarded to the address(es) in @@ -347,8 +342,8 @@ Changing bug ownership have an owner. The owner can be set by supplying an Owner line in the pseudo-header - when the bug is submitted (see the instructions for reporting bugs), or - by using the owner and noowner commands with the control request + when the bug is submitted (see the instructions for reporting bugs), + or by using the owner and noowner commands with the control request server. Incorrectly listed package maintainers @@ -366,24 +361,24 @@ Reopening, reassigning and manipulating bugs It is possible to reassign bug reports to other packages, to reopen erroneously-closed ones, to modify the information saying to where, if - anywhere, a bug report has been forwarded, to change the severities and - titles of reports, to set the ownership of bugs, to merge and unmerge - bug reports, and to record the versions of packages in which bugs were - found and in which they were fixed. This is done by sending mail to - control@bugs.debian.org. + anywhere, a bug report has been forwarded, to change the severities + and titles of reports, to set the ownership of bugs, to merge and + unmerge bug reports, and to record the versions of packages in which + bugs were found and in which they were fixed. This is done by sending + mail to control@bugs.debian.org. - The format of these messages is described in another document available - on the World Wide Web or in the file bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt. A plain - text version can also be obtained by mailing the word help to the - server at the address above. + The format of these messages is described in another document + available on the World Wide Web or in the file + bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt. A plain text version can also be obtained + by mailing the word help to the server at the address above. Subscribing to bugs The bug tracking system also allows bug submitters, developers and other interested third parties to subscribe to individual bugs. This feature can be used by those wishing to keep an eye on a bug, without - having to subscribe to a package through the PTS. All messages that are - received at nnn@bugs.debian.org, are sent to subscribers. + having to subscribe to a package through the PTS. All messages that + are received at nnn@bugs.debian.org, are sent to subscribers. Subscribing to a bug can be done by sending an email to nnn-subscribe@bugs.debian.org. The subject and body of the email are @@ -394,16 +389,17 @@ Subscribing to bugs It is also possible to unsubscribe from a bug. Unsubscribing can be done by sending an email to nnn-unsubscribe@bugs.debian.org. The subject and body of the email are again ignored by the BTS. Users will - be sent a confirmation message which they must reply to if they wish to - be unsubscribed from the bug. - - By default, the address subscribed is the one found in the From header. - If you wish to subscribe another address to a bug, you will need to - encode the address to be subscribed into the subscription message. This - takes the form of: nnn-subscribe-localpart=example.com@bugs.debian.org. - That example would send localpart@example.com a subscription message - for bug nnn. The @ sign must be encoded by changing it to an = sign. - Similarly, an unsubscription takes the form + be sent a confirmation message which they must reply to if they wish + to be unsubscribed from the bug. + + By default, the address subscribed is the one found in the From + header. If you wish to subscribe another address to a bug, you will + need to encode the address to be subscribed into the subscription + message. This takes the form of: + nnn-subscribe-localpart=example.com@bugs.debian.org. That example + would send localpart@example.com a subscription message for bug nnn. + The @ sign must be encoded by changing it to an = sign. Similarly, an + unsubscription takes the form nnn-unsubscribe-localpart=example.com@bugs.debian.org. In both cases, the subject and body of the email will be forwarded to the email address within the request for confirmation. @@ -417,12 +413,13 @@ More-or-less obsolete subject-scanning feature example, by using reply to all recipients). A similar scheme operates for maintonly, done, quiet and forwarded, - which treat mail arriving with a Subject tag as having been sent to the - corresponding nnn-whatever@bugs.debian.org address. + which treat mail arriving with a Subject tag as having been sent to + the corresponding nnn-whatever@bugs.debian.org address. - Messages arriving at plain forwarded and done -- ie, with no bug report - number in the address -- and without a bug number in the Subject will - be filed under "junk" and kept for a few weeks, but otherwise ignored. + Messages arriving at plain forwarded and done -- ie, with no bug + report number in the address -- and without a bug number in the + Subject will be filed under "junk" and kept for a few weeks, but + otherwise ignored. Obsolete X-Debian-PR: quiet feature @@ -430,14 +427,14 @@ Obsolete X-Debian-PR: quiet feature forwarding anywhere messages it received at debian-bugs, by putting an X-Debian-PR: quiet line in the actual mail header. - This header line is now ignored. Instead, send your message to quiet or - nnn-quiet (or maintonly or nnn-maintonly). - __________________________________________________________________ + This header line is now ignored. Instead, send your message to quiet + or nnn-quiet (or maintonly or nnn-maintonly). + _________________________________________________________________ Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> Debian bug tracking system Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt index 10fb802af..56ddd08c0 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-maint-mailcontrol.txt @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ +Introduction to the bug control and manipulation mailserver + Just as request@bugs.debian.org allows the retrieval of bug data and documentation by email, control@bugs.debian.org allows bug reports to be manipulated in various ways. The control server works just like the request server, except that it has some additional commands; in fact, it's the same program. The two - addresses are only separated to avoid users making mistakes and causing - problems while merely trying to request information. + addresses are only separated to avoid users making mistakes and + causing problems while merely trying to request information. Since the commands specific to the control server actually change the status of a bug, a notification about processing the commands is sent @@ -24,36 +26,34 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver - General Versioning Duplicates Misc. + General Versioning Duplicates Misc. reassign severity tag retitle submitter - affects - summary - found | notfound - fixed | notfixed - reopen + found | notfound + fixed | notfixed + reopen - merge | unmerge - forcemerge - clone + merge | unmerge + forcemerge + clone - thanks - # - forwarded | notforwarded - owner | noowner - block | unblock - archive | unarchive + thanks + # + forwarded | notforwarded + owner | noowner + block | unblock + archive | unarchive reassign bugnumber package [ version ] Records that bug #bugnumber is a bug in package. This can be - used to set the package if the user forgot the pseudo-header, or - to change an earlier assignment. No notifications are sent to - anyone (other than the usual information in the processing + used to set the package if the user forgot the pseudo-header, + or to change an earlier assignment. No notifications are sent + to anyone (other than the usual information in the processing transcript). If you supply a version, the bug tracking system will note that @@ -62,55 +62,52 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver You can assign a bug to two packages at once by separating the package names with a comma. However, you should only do this if the bug can be fixed by a change to either package. If this is - not the case, you should clone the bug and reassign the clone to - the other package. + not the case, you should clone the bug and reassign the clone + to the other package. reopen bugnumber [ originator-address | = | ! ] Reopens #bugnumber if it is closed. - By default, or if you specify =, the original submitter is still - as the originator of the report, so that they will get the ack - when it is closed again. + By default, or if you specify =, the original submitter is + still as the originator of the report, so that they will get + the ack when it is closed again. If you supply an originator-address the originator will be set to the address you supply. If you wish to become the new - originator of the reopened report you can use the ! shorthand or - specify your own email address. + originator of the reopened report you can use the ! shorthand + or specify your own email address. It is usually a good idea to tell the person who is about to be recorded as the originator that you're reopening the report, so that they will know to expect the ack which they'll get when it is closed again. - If the bug is not closed then reopen won't do anything, not even - change the originator. To change the originator of an open bug - report, use the submitter command; note that this will inform - the original submitter of the change. + If the bug is not closed then reopen won't do anything, not + even change the originator. To change the originator of an open + bug report, use the submitter command; note that this will + inform the original submitter of the change. If the bug was recorded as being closed in a particular version of a package but recurred in a later version, it is better to use the found command instead. found bugnumber [ version ] - Record that #bugnumber has been encountered in the given version - of the package to which it is assigned. version may be a fully - qualified version, of the form sourcepackagename/version. + Record that #bugnumber has been encountered in the given + version of the package to which it is assigned. The bug tracking system uses this information, in conjunction - with fixed versions recorded when closing bugs, to display lists - of bugs open in various versions of each package. It considers a - bug to be open when it has no fixed version, or when it has been - found more recently than it has been fixed. + with fixed versions recorded when closing bugs, to display + lists of bugs open in various versions of each package. It + considers a bug to be open when it has no fixed version, or + when it has been found more recently than it has been fixed. If no version is given, then the list of fixed versions for the bug is cleared. This is identical to the behaviour of reopen. - version may be a fully qualified version, of the form - sourcepackagename/version. This command will only cause a bug to be marked as not done if - no version is specified, or if the version being marked found is - equal to or greater than the highest version marked fixed. (If - you are certain that you want the bug marked as not done, use + no version is specified, or if the version being marked found + is equal to the version which was last marked fixed. (If you + are certain that you want the bug marked as not done, use reopen in conjunction with found.) This command was introduced in preference to reopen because it @@ -119,18 +116,16 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver notfound bugnumber version Remove the record that #bugnumber was encountered in the given - version of the package to which it is assigned. version may be a - fully qualified version, of the form sourcepackagename/version. + version of the package to which it is assigned. This differs from closing the bug at that version in that the bug is not listed as fixed in that version either; no - information about that version will be known. It is intended for - fixing mistakes in the record of when a bug was found. + information about that version will be known. It is intended + for fixing mistakes in the record of when a bug was found. fixed bugnumber version Indicate that bug #bugnumber was fixed in the given version of - the package to which it is assigned. version may be a fully - qualified version, of the form sourcepackagename/version. + the package to which it is assigned. This does not cause the bug to be marked as closed, it merely adds another version in which the bug was fixed. Use the @@ -139,16 +134,11 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver notfixed bugnumber version Remove the record that bug #bugnumber has been fixed in the - given version. version may be a fully qualified version, of the - form sourcepackagename/version. + given version. This command is equivalent to found followed by notfound (the found removes the fixed at a particular version, and notfound - removes the found) with the exception that the bug is not - reopened if the found version is greater than any existing fixed - version. It is intended for fixing mistakes in the record of - when a bug was fixed; in most cases, you actually want found, - not notfixed. + removes the found.) submitter bugnumber originator-address | ! Changes the originator of #bugnumber to originator-address. @@ -165,14 +155,7 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver maintainer at address. This does not actually forward the report. This can be used to change an existing incorrect forwarded-to address, or to record a new one for a bug that - wasn't previously noted as having been forwarded. address should - generally be a URI, or possibly an email address. Using a URI - where possible allows tools to query a remote bug tracking - system (such as bugzilla) for a bug's status. - - Example usage: - - forwarded 12345 http://bugz.illa.foo/cgi/54321 + wasn't previously noted as having been forwarded. notforwarded bugnumber Forgets any idea that bugnumber has been forwarded to any @@ -180,14 +163,17 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver forwarded then this will do nothing. retitle bugnumber new-title - Changes the title of a bug report to that specified (the default - is the Subject mail header from the original report). Will also - change the titles of all bug reports which this bug is merged - with. + Changes the title of a bug report to that specified (the + default is the Subject mail header from the original report). + + Unlike most of the other bug-manipulation commands when used on + one of a set of merged reports this will change the title of + only the individual bug requested, and not all those with which + it is merged. severity bugnumber severity - Set the severity level for bug report #bugnumber to severity. No - notification is sent to the user who reported the bug. + Set the severity level for bug report #bugnumber to severity. + No notification is sent to the user who reported the bug. Severities are critical, grave, serious, important, normal, minor, and wishlist. @@ -195,27 +181,6 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver For their meanings please consult the general developers' documentation for the bug system. - affects bugnumber [ + | - | = ] package [ package ... ] - Indicates that a bug affects another package. In the case where - bugnumber causes breakage in package even though the bug is - actually present in the package to which it is assigned, this - causes the bug to be listed by default in the package list of - package. This should generally be used where the bug is severe - enough to cause multiple reports from users to be assigned to - the wrong package. - - summary bugnumber [message number] - Selects a message to use as a summary of a bug. The first - non-pseudoheader paragraph of that message is parsed and set as - the summary of the bug which is displayed on the top of the bug - report page. This is useful in cases where the original report - doesn't correctly describe the problem or the bug has many - messages which make it difficult to identify the actual problem. - - If message number is not given, clears the summary. message - number is the message number as listed in the bugreport cgi - script output. - clone bugnumber NewID [ new IDs ... ] The clone control command allows you to duplicate a bug report. It is useful in the case where a single report actually @@ -238,21 +203,21 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver merge -1 -3 merge bugnumber bugnumber ... - Merges two or more bug reports. When reports are merged opening, - closing, marking or unmarking as forwarded and reassigning any - of the bugs to a new package will have an identical effect on - all of the merged reports. + Merges two or more bug reports. When reports are merged + opening, closing, marking or unmarking as forwarded and + reassigning any of the bugs to a new package will have an + identical effect on all of the merged reports. Before bugs can be merged they must be in exactly the same - state: either all open or all closed, with the same forwarded-to - upstream author address or all not marked as forwarded, all - assigned to the same package or package(s) (an exact string - comparison is done on the package to which the bug is assigned), - and all of the same severity. If they don't start out in the - same state you should use reassign, reopen and so forth to make - sure that they are before using merge. Titles are not required - to match, and will not be affected by the merge. Tags are not - required to match, either, they will be joined. + state: either all open or all closed, with the same + forwarded-to upstream author address or all not marked as + forwarded, all assigned to the same package or package(s) (an + exact string comparison is done on the package to which the bug + is assigned), and all of the same severity. If they don't start + out in the same state you should use reassign, reopen and so + forth to make sure that they are before using merge. Titles are + not required to match, and will not be affected by the merge. + Tags are not required to match, either, they will be joined. If any of the bugs listed in a merge command is already merged with another bug then all the reports merged with any of the @@ -262,15 +227,17 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver Merging reports causes a note to appear on each report's logs; on the WWW pages this is includes links to the other bugs. - Merged reports are all expired simultaneously, and only when all - of the reports each separately meet the criteria for expiry. + Merged reports are all expired simultaneously, and only when + all of the reports each separately meet the criteria for + expiry. forcemerge bugnumber bugnumber ... - Forcibly merges two or more bug reports. The settings of the - first bug listed which must be equal in a normal merge are - assigned to the bugs listed next. To avoid typos erroneously - merging bugs, bugs must be in the same package. See the text - above for a description of what merging means. + Forcibly merges two or more bug reports. The first bug listed + is the master bug, and its settings (the settings which must be + equal in a normal merge) are assigned to the bugs listed next. + To avoid typos erroneously merging bugs, bugs must be in the + same package. See the text above for a description of what + merging means. Note that this makes it possible to close bugs by merging; you are responsible for notifying submitters with an appropriate @@ -292,13 +259,12 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver you want to disconnect more than one bug simply include several unmerge commands in your message. - tags bugnumber [ + | - | = ] tag [ tag ... ] [ + | - | = tag ... ] ] - Sets tags for the bug report #bugnumber. No notification is sent - to the user who reported the bug. Setting the action to + means - to add each tag following, - means to remove each tag following, - and = means to set the following tags to the list provided. - Intervening +, -, or = change the action for the tags following. - The default action is adding. + tags bugnumber [ + | - | = ] tag [ tag ... ] + Sets tags for the bug report #bugnumber. No notification is + sent to the user who reported the bug. Setting the action to + + means to add each given tag, - means to remove each given tag, + and = means to ignore the current tags and set them afresh to + the list provided. The default action is adding. Example usage: @@ -317,9 +283,6 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver # set tags to exactly 'moreinfo' and 'unreproducible' tags 123456 = moreinfo unreproducible - # remove the moreinfo tag and add a patch tag - tags 123456 - moreinfo + patch - Available tags currently include patch, wontfix, moreinfo, unreproducible, help, pending, fixed, fixed-in-experimental, fixed-upstream, security, upstream, confirmed, d-i, ipv6, lfs, @@ -341,24 +304,24 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver close bugnumber [ fixed-version ] (deprecated) Close bug report #bugnumber. - A notification is sent to the user who reported the bug, but (in - contrast to mailing bugnumber-done@bugs.debian.org) the text of - the mail which caused the bug to be closed is not included in - that notification. The maintainer who closes a report needs to - ensure, probably by sending a separate message, that the user - who reported the bug knows why it is being closed. The use of - this command is therefore deprecated. See the developer's - information about how to close a bug properly. + A notification is sent to the user who reported the bug, but + (in contrast to mailing bugnumber-done@bugs.debian.org) the + text of the mail which caused the bug to be closed is not + included in that notification. The maintainer who closes a + report needs to ensure, probably by sending a separate message, + that the user who reported the bug knows why it is being + closed. The use of this command is therefore deprecated. See + the developer's information about how to close a bug properly. - If you supply a fixed-version, the bug tracking system will note - that the bug was fixed in that version of the package. + If you supply a fixed-version, the bug tracking system will + note that the bug was fixed in that version of the package. package [ packagename ... ] Limits the following commands so that they will only apply to - bugs filed against the listed packages. You can list one or more - packages. If you don't list any packages, the following commands - will apply to all bugs. You're encouraged to use this as a - safety feature in case you accidentally use the wrong bug + bugs filed against the listed packages. You can list one or + more packages. If you don't list any packages, the following + commands will apply to all bugs. You're encouraged to use this + as a safety feature in case you accidentally use the wrong bug numbers. Example usage: @@ -374,12 +337,13 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver severity 234567 wishlist owner bugnumber address | ! - Sets address to be the "owner" of #bugnumber. The owner of a bug - claims responsibility for fixing it. This is useful to share out - work in cases where a package has a team of maintainers. + Sets address to be the "owner" of #bugnumber. The owner of a + bug claims responsibility for fixing it. This is useful to + share out work in cases where a package has a team of + maintainers. - If you wish to become the owner of the bug yourself, you can use - the ! shorthand or specify your own email address. + If you wish to become the owner of the bug yourself, you can + use the ! shorthand or specify your own email address. noowner bugnumber Forgets any idea that the bug has an owner other than the usual @@ -392,20 +356,17 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver requirements for archival, ignoring time. unarchive bugnumber - Unarchives a bug that was previously archived. Unarchival should - generally be coupled with reopen and found/fixed as appropriate. - Bugs that have been unarchived can be archived using archive - assuming the non-time based archival requirements are met. You - should not be using unarchive to make trivial changes to - archived bugs, such as changing the submitter; its primary - purpose is to allow for the reopening of bugs which have been - archived without the intervention of BTS administrators. + Unarchives a bug that was previously archived. Unarchival + should generally be coupled with reopen and found/fixed as + appropriate. Bugs that have been unarchived can be archived + using archive assuming the non-time based archival requirements + are met. #... One-line comment. The # must be at the start of the line. The - text of comments will be included in the acknowledgement sent to - the sender and to affected maintainers, so you can use this to - document the reasons for your commands. + text of comments will be included in the acknowledgement sent + to the sender and to affected maintainers, so you can use this + to document the reasons for your commands. quit stop @@ -419,12 +380,12 @@ Commands available at the control mailserver message; the remainder of the message can include explanations, signatures or anything else, none of it will be detected by the control server. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> Debian bug tracking system Copyright © 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997, 2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-1997 Ian Jackson. - __________________________________________________________________ + _________________________________________________________________ diff --git a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-reporting.txt b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-reporting.txt index 675a4d9cb..974eb2085 100644 --- a/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-reporting.txt +++ b/includes/squeeze/common/doc/bug-reporting.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ +How to report a bug in Debian using reportbug + We strongly recommend that you report bugs in Debian using the reportbug program. To install and start it, simply run: - # aptitude install reportbug - $ reportbug + aptitude install reportbug; reportbug It will guide you through the bug reporting process step by step. @@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ What package does your bug report belong to? asking for advice. If your problem doesn't relate just to one package but some general - Debian service, there are several pseudo-packages or even mailing lists - that you can use to relay your message to us instead. + Debian service, there are several pseudo-packages or even mailing + lists that you can use to relay your message to us instead. Has your bug report been filed already? @@ -45,22 +46,24 @@ Send multiple reports for multiple bugs Don't file bugs upstream - If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the upstream software - maintainers yourself, as it is possible that the bug exists only in - Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will forward the - bug upstream. + If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the upstream + software maintainers yourself, as it is possible that the bug exists + only in Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will + forward the bug upstream. Sending the bug report via e-mail You can report bugs in Debian by sending an e-mail to - submit@bugs.debian.org with a special format described below. reportbug - (see above) will properly format the e-mails for you; please use it! + submit@bugs.debian.org with a special format described below. + reportbug (see above) will properly format the e-mails for you; please + use it! Headers - Like any e-mail you should include a clear, descriptive Subject line in - your main mail header. The subject you give will be used as the initial - bug title in the tracking system, so please try to make it informative! + Like any e-mail you should include a clear, descriptive Subject line + in your main mail header. The subject you give will be used as the + initial bug title in the tracking system, so please try to make it + informative! If you'd like to send a copy of your bug report to additional recipients (such as mailing lists), you shouldn't use the usual e-mail @@ -84,10 +87,10 @@ Version: <packageversion> tracking system relies on this field to work out which releases are affected by the bug. - You need to supply a correct Package line in the pseudo-header in order - for the bug tracking system to deliver the message to the package's - maintainer. See this example for information on how to find this - information. + You need to supply a correct Package line in the pseudo-header in + order for the bug tracking system to deliver the message to the + package's maintainer. See this example for information on how to find + this information. For other valid pseudo-headers, see Additional pseudo-headers @@ -115,15 +118,16 @@ The body of the report hardware in your system, as problems are often caused by IRQ and I/O address conflicts. * If you have reportbug installed the output of reportbug -q - --template -T none -s none -S normal -b --list-cc none -q <package> - will also be useful, as it contains the output of maintainer - specific scripts and version information. + --template -T none -s none -S normal -b --list-cc none -q + <package> will also be useful, as it contains the output of + maintainer specific scripts and version information. - Include any detail that seems relevant -- you are in very little danger - of making your report too long by including too much information. If - they are small, please include in your report any files you were using - to reproduce the problem. (If they are large, consider making them - available on a publicly available website if possible.) + Include any detail that seems relevant -- you are in very little + danger of making your report too long by including too much + information. If they are small, please include in your report any + files you were using to reproduce the problem. (If they are large, + consider making them available on a publicly available website if + possible.) For more advice on how to help the developers solve your problem, please read How to Report Bugs Effectively. @@ -161,10 +165,10 @@ Sending copies of bug reports to other addresses You could do this by CC'ing your bug report to the other address(es), but then the other copies would not have the bug report number put in - the Reply-To field and the Subject line. When the recipients reply they - will probably preserve the submit@bugs.debian.org entry in the header - and have their message filed as a new bug report. This leads to many - duplicated reports. + the Reply-To field and the Subject line. When the recipients reply + they will probably preserve the submit@bugs.debian.org entry in the + header and have their message filed as a new bug report. This leads to + many duplicated reports. The right way to do this is to use the X-Debbugs-CC header. Add a line like this to your message's mail header: @@ -189,9 +193,9 @@ Severity levels If a report is of a particularly serious bug, or is merely a feature request, you can set the severity level of the bug as you report it. - This is not required however, and the package maintainer will assign an - appropriate severity level to your report even if you do not (or pick - the wrong severity). + This is not required however, and the package maintainer will assign + an appropriate severity level to your report even if you do not (or + pick the wrong severity). To assign a severity level, put a line like this one in the pseudo-header: @@ -211,8 +215,8 @@ Assigning tags Tags: <tags> Replace <tags> with one or more of the available tags, as described in - the advanced documentation. Separate multiple tags with commas, spaces, - or both. + the advanced documentation. Separate multiple tags with commas, + spaces, or both. User: <username> Usertags: <usertags> @@ -236,8 +240,8 @@ Source: foopackage foopackage; for most bugs in most packages you don't want to use this option. - Finally, if your MUA doesn't allow you to edit the headers, you can set - the various X-Debbugs- headers in the pseudo-headers. + Finally, if your MUA doesn't allow you to edit the headers, you can + set the various X-Debbugs- headers in the pseudo-headers. Additional information @@ -245,9 +249,9 @@ Different submission addresses (minor or mass bug reports) If a bug report is minor, for example, a documentation typo or a trivial build problem, please adjust the severity appropriately and - send it to maintonly@bugs.debian.org instead of submit@bugs.debian.org. - maintonly will forward the report to the package maintainer only, it - won't forward it to the BTS mailing lists. + send it to maintonly@bugs.debian.org instead of + submit@bugs.debian.org. maintonly will forward the report to the + package maintainer only, it won't forward it to the BTS mailing lists. If you're submitting many reports at once, you should definitely use maintonly@bugs.debian.org so that you don't cause too much redundant @@ -255,60 +259,49 @@ Different submission addresses (minor or mass bug reports) you may also want to post a summary on debian-bugs-dist. If wish to report a bug to the bug tracking system that's already been - sent to the maintainer, you can use quiet@bugs.debian.org. Bugs sent to - quiet@bugs.debian.org will not be forwarded anywhere, only filed. + sent to the maintainer, you can use quiet@bugs.debian.org. Bugs sent + to quiet@bugs.debian.org will not be forwarded anywhere, only filed. When you use different submission addresses, the bug tracking system - will set the Reply-To of any forwarded message so that the replies will - by default be processed in the same way as the original report. That - means that, for example, replies to maintonly will go to - nnn-maintonly@bugs.debian.org instead of nnn@bugs.debian.org, unless of - course one overrides this manually. + will set the Reply-To of any forwarded message so that the replies + will by default be processed in the same way as the original report. + That means that, for example, replies to maintonly will go to + nnn-maintonly@bugs.debian.org instead of nnn@bugs.debian.org, unless + of course one overrides this manually. Acknowledgements - Normally, the bug tracking system will return an acknowledgement to you - by e-mail when you report a new bug or submit additional information to - an existing bug. If you want to suppress this acknowledgement, include - an X-Debbugs-No-Ack header or pseudoheader in your e-mail (the contents - of this header do not matter). If you report a new bug with this - header, you will need to check the web interface yourself to find the - bug number. + Normally, the bug tracking system will return an acknowledgement to + you by e-mail when you report a new bug or submit additional + information to an existing bug. If you want to suppress this + acknowledgement, include an X-Debbugs-No-Ack header in your e-mail + (the contents of this header do not matter; however, it must be in the + mail header and not in the pseudo-header with the Package field). If + you report a new bug with this header, you will need to check the web + interface yourself to find the bug number. Note that this header will not suppress acknowledgements from the control@bugs.debian.org mailserver, since those acknowledgements may contain error messages which should be read and acted upon. -Spamfighting and missing mail - - The bug tracking system implements a rather extensive set of rules - designed to make sure that spam does not make it through the BTS. While - we try to minimize the number of false positives, they do occur. If you - suspect your mail has triggered a false positive, feel free to contact - owner@bugs.debian.org for assistance. Another common cause of mail not - making it through to the BTS is utilizing addresses which match - procmail's FROM_DAEMON, which includes mail from addresses like - mail@foobar.com. If you suspect your mail matches FROM_DAEMON, see - procmailrc(5) to verify, and then resend the mail using an address - which does not match FROM_DAEMON. - Bug reports against unknown packages If the bug tracking system doesn't know who the maintainer of the - relevant package is it will forward the report to debian-bugs-dist even - if maintonly was used. + relevant package is it will forward the report to debian-bugs-dist + even if maintonly was used. When sending to maintonly@bugs.debian.org or nnn-maintonly@bugs.debian.org you should make sure that the bug report is assigned to the right package, by putting a correct Package at the top of an original submission of a report, or by using the - control@bugs.debian.org service to (re)assign the report appropriately. + control@bugs.debian.org service to (re)assign the report + appropriately. Using dpkg to find the package and version for the report When using reportbug to report a bug in a command, say grep, the - following will automatically select the right package and let you write - the report right away: reportbug --file $(which grep) + following will automatically select the right package and let you + write the report right away: reportbug --file $(which grep) You can also find out which package installed it by using dpkg --search. You can find out which version of a package you have @@ -356,14 +349,14 @@ Other useful commands and packages provides a convenient text-based interface to the bug tracking system. Emacs users can also use the debian-bug command provided by the - debian-el package. When called with M-x debian-bug, it will ask for all - necessary information in a similar way to reportbug. - __________________________________________________________________ + debian-el package. When called with M-x debian-bug, it will ask for + all necessary information in a similar way to reportbug. + _________________________________________________________________ Debian BTS administrators <owner@bugs.debian.org> Debian bug tracking system Copyright © 1999 Darren O. 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