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Re: Forw/Re: Removal of systemtap from testing
- From: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at lucas-nussbaum dot net>
- To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Cc: debian-devel at lists dot debian dot org, systemtap at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:08:19 +0200
- Subject: Re: Forw/Re: Removal of systemtap from testing
- References: <4E2FDD92.7000605@dogguy.org> <20110727143939.GA18709@redhat.com>
On 27/07/11 at 10:39 -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
> mehdi wrote on debian-devel:
>
> > Systemtap seems in pretty bad shape. Its removal from testing has
> > been requested (See #635543) and will be effective by Saturday if
> > still not fixed. It you still care about systemtap, please step up
> > and offer your help to fix it.
>
> While we have no debian contributors on the team, would it help if we
> adopt debian build metadata within the source tree?
Hi,
I don't think so: it's usually considered better practice to keep the
debian packaging separate from the upstream sources (even if YMMV).
What would help:
- subscribe to systemtap email notifications on the PTS
(http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/systemtap.html, see little box on the
bottom left corner) and contribute to the bug mail when you receive
some
- go through systemtap bugs on
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=systemtap
comment on them by sending email to bugnumber@bugs.debian.org (e.g
635542@bugs.debian.org)
I'm interested in systemtap, but don't have much time to spend on
maintaining it currently. I don't know:
- how many of the current critical issues affecting the Debian package
are fixed in the latest upstream version (1.5). (I expect "all of
them")
- if that latest upstream version would work on Debian
Any input on that would be very much appreciated.
If you want to dig deeper, the debian package are available from git
(see links on the PTS page mentioned above).
Thanks,
- Lucas