RC bugs of the week - week 11

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:10:19 +0100
debian, lang/english, planet-debian, rcbw

RCBW - week #11

Here is this week squashes, by yours truly:

16/11/2009 Debian bug #553120 - db4.2 - add missing ldconfig invocation (3 at once, YAY!)

17/11/2009 Debian bug #553120 - db4.2 - idem

18/11/2009 Debian bug #553120 - db4.2 - idem

19/11/2009 Debian bug #553107 - libsigc++0c2 - move dh_installdeb to fix lack of ldconfig in postinst

20/11/2009 Debian bug #553106 - db4.6 - mark as closed an already fixed ldconfig bug

21/11/2009 Debian bug #533888 - ddclient - fix debconf failure w/ non-interactive frontend (patch by Jonathan Niehof)

22/11/2009 Debian bug #553125 - libvdkxdb2-2c2 - move dh_installdeb to fix lack of ldconfig in postinst

This week I've been both lazy and lucky, with a single NMU of db4.2 3 RC bugs were gone (well, truth to be said, I've discovered later on that db4.2 is not meant to be released with Squeeze, but well, stuff happens ...) and with some triaging a few more were gone too. The rest is nothing special.

Also, during past week, Tim got back to my welcome message, adding some interesting considerations. Beside the issue of personal sponsorship, I fully agree that we used to lack pointers to NMU activity in NM. Now it is a bit better, though. As an AM, I pose the "please fix at least 2 RC bugs" question, and the usual outcome is the sponsoring of NMUs prepared by applicants. But surely we lack a more general "culture" of NMU, which is de facto more and more needed to actually deliver our releases.

In fact, my RCBW initiative is not meant to make other people feel bad (hello Gunnar, we all love you and your work, and you should know that ). Rather, it is meant to convince people that fixing RC bugs (at least some of them which are nevertheless a huge slide of the total) is easier than what we might think and help fighting the boredom. Not sure it is being successful in its "marketing" facet, but it has surely been fun for me thus far!