Re: Lilypond and distribution bugtrackers [was: LSR is not at the stable release level]

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 10/03/2012 07:49 PM, Graham Percival wrote:
> I don't understand why you'd take that attitude.  It's trivial for
> distribution package maintainers to send good bug reports
> upstream, the total volume is unlikely to be a problem, and it
> improves the chances that users' and distros' problems with the
> software can be identified and resolved effectively.  Where's the
> negative side?

The negative side is that somebody has to actually be there as a maintainer and 
manually do stuff in order for this to happen.  What if there's no actual 
maintainer?  (There isn't for Lilypond in Ubuntu, it's just imported straight 
from Debian Unstable.)

OTOH if bug-lilypond is signed up to receive reports from a few key distros, you 
get those notices automatically without anyone having to put in any extra effort.

I don't say that anyone necessarily has to triage them, have the responsibility 
of responding, or whatever.  I'm just suggesting it would be useful to at least 
be alerted that they exist.

> In short: Joseph, why don't *you* either ask distros to submit bug
> reports to us

For the reasons described above.  I'm proposing something that doesn't rely on 
there being someone actively forwarding on reports.

> or else read the distro bug trackers and send good
> reports to us (and maybe add a note to the distr bug trackers to
> say that it's been sent upstream).  It's an easy job, right?

I'm happy to do that for Ubuntu, but again, why rely on a person to do it when 
you can have an automated solution?