Please remove apt-listbugs from Intrepid (universe)

2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO Removing candidates:
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid amd64
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid hppa
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid i386
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid ia64
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid lpia
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid powerpc
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO apt-listbugs 0.0.89 in intrepid sparc
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO Removed-by: Martin Pitt
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO Comment: Debian specific, never worked for Ubuntu, #271314
2008-10-13 08:05:44 INFO 8 packages successfully removed.

WOW guys apt-listbugs is critical package.
Just because stable servers don't track the latest releases. And wait until the releases is stabilized
doesn't mean they don't use ubuntu.

I rely on apt-listbugs for my testing of upcoming pre-release. It
seams ubuntu has removed apt-listbugs from the main package list. This
makes so I can NOT safely install pre-releases. Upgrading ubuntu
severs is always a dicey afair for me. I NEVER upgrade ubuntu as one
shot upgrade. It is risk I simply can not take on servers.

FINE!! What needs to be done to make apt-listbugs refer to ubuntu bugs?

How much difference is there between ubuntu and debian outside of main?

apt-listchanges also refers to debian from my understanding and it is
less important than apt-listbugs.

apt-listbugs is used by server upgrade scripts to PREVENT / WARN of
potentially dangerous upgrades.

For the time being I have manually pulled debian's apt-listbugs and
installed it. It still reports of potentially dangerous "debian"
upgrades.

I'm not sure I'd oppose removal, but even seeing Debian bugs for a given package on Ubuntu is useful to me. I run both systems and it's nice to have an integrated bug lookup. This really is more useful for those following testing/sid, but is also useful when deciding whether to install a new package on any system. Ideally it would check a merged upstream database.

rc-alert from devscripts is similarly handicapped, but still worth running. It's target audience is developers, and fixing Debian (usually upstream) on packages you use is certainly nice.

Thanks,

     Drew Daniels
Resume: http://www.boxheap.net/~ddaniels/resume.html

What is the status on launchpad package version bug tracking?

I currently used debian almost exclusive on servers and ubuntu on desktops.
I am not happy about that, but it will stay that way until ubuntu bug tracking
integration is fixed.

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Drew Scott Daniels
<email address hidden> wrote:
> I'm not sure I'd oppose removal, but even seeing Debian bugs for a given
> package on Ubuntu is useful to me. I run both systems and it's nice to
> have an integrated bug lookup. This really is more useful for those
> following testing/sid, but is also useful when deciding whether to
> install a new package on any system. Ideally it would check a merged
> upstream database.
>
> rc-alert from devscripts is similarly handicapped, but still worth
> running. It's target audience is developers, and fixing Debian (usually
> upstream) on packages you use is certainly nice.
>
> Thanks,
>
>     Drew Daniels
> Resume: http://www.boxheap.net/~ddaniels/resume.html
>
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> Please remove apt-listbugs from Intrepid (universe)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271314
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