Bug#795943: pbuilder-uml create crashes

[Benedikt Ahrens]

On 08/20/2015 03:07 PM, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:51:15AM +0200, Benedikt Ahrens wrote:
>> Package: pbuilder-uml
>> Version: 0.215+nmu3
>> Severity: grave
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> I launched the below command in order to create a pbuilder file, resulting in the crash reported below.
>> It seems that this renders the package unusable, hence I chose severity grave.
> 
> Well, pbuilder-uml has been broken since quite some time.
> Yes, clearly is a quite showstopper to use pbuilder-uml, but I'm downgrading it
> mostly to not have another release-critical bug that would affect testing
> migration and whatnot.

That does not seem to me a good reason to change severity of a bug, if I
interpret the bts documentation correctly. It will also prevent you from
getting help with maintenance for your package, since the downgrading
decreases visibility of the bug report and hence visibility of the
problems the package has.

> I also got suggestions to just drop pbuilder-uml …

That seems totally adequate considered the state of the package.
There has recently been a call for requests for removal [1]. Maybe you
want to consider filing such a request for this package?

All the best,
Benedikt

[1] http://rgeissert.blogspot.de/2015/08/call-for-release-goal-package.html