[3ddesktop-dev] Re: 3ddesktop packet in debian

First of all, I just wanted to say to Mathias, thanks very much for 
picking up the maintaince of the debian package!!  There is nothing 
worse then having an old versions floating around esp when its so 
widely accessed (via debian).  Thank you!

I will try to address bugs/patches that you forward onto me or this list.
Is this the list of debian bugs?

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=3ddesktop

I'm not sure a separate debian patch set is necessary.  But scream out
if something major is not getting addressed...

I also recently discovered people have been submitting bugs and RFEs to
the sourceforge bug system.  I will also look into those although Eric
is absolutely right, there are some bugs/complaints/issues with 3ddesktop 
that are not within its scope of operation.

cheers,
--Brad


Eric Shattow (shadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

> Mathias,
> 
> cool.  this list is low traffic though, please keep your bug reporting 
> comprehensive; if patches then one bug per post with patch included, 
> else please make a "digest" of open bugs and filter out ones that are 
> not within the scope of 3ddesktop to fill.   even with a patch, it's a 
> test of patience to see someone with cvs commit access find the time to 
> make changes.
> 
> arguably so, a lot of complaints about 3ddesktop are not within its 
> scope of operation.  that is something to consider.
> 
> I personally think 3ddesktop is doing exactly what was the original idea 
> of it, and any more should just be bug fixes.  it's fun to impress your 
> friends with and use (if video memory allows).
> 
> Thanks for picking up the action.  The best thing to do might be to 
> mantain a seperate debian patchset against recent CVS.  Comments, anyone?
> 
> -Eric
> 
> Mathias Weyland wrote:
> 
> >Hello
> >
> >Some time ago, I asked a question on this list and someone told me to apt-get
> >source 3ddesktop and fix the problem. I had a look at the debian package
> >and I realized that this debian package was quite old and that the bug I was
> >reporting had been fixed long time ago. I tried to contact the debian
> >maintainer several times, to ask for a newer version, but I never
> >got any answer.
> >
> >After I realized that I could not expect any reaction from the debian
> >maintainer, my intention was to make an NMU, but Andreas Barth (a sarge
> >release assistant) asked me whether I'd like to adopt the package. I did
> >so together with Pierre Habouzit which is co-maintaining.
> >
> >I wanted to inform the 3ddekstop developers about that. Related to this
> >package adoption, I'd like to ask if you would appreciate if I'd forward
> >bugs
> >reported via the debian BTS (bug tracking system) to the developer
> >mailinglist. Of course, I would only do so with bugs wich are related to the
> >upstream project and not to errors in the debian package, and I think there
> >may be bugs which could be interesting since they seem to affect many people
> >(just as bug #283414).
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Mathias Weyland
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


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