[Reportbug-maint] Bug#516449: reportbug: reporting build errors takes forever when buildd is down

[Sandro Tosi]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 15:37, Michal Suchanek <hramrach at centrum.cz> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 3.48
> Severity: minor
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I tried to report a problem with a package that does not build, and
> reportbug stayed on the "checking buildd" step for a very long time.

This is because there's currently an unexpected outage on the buildd host.

> There is probably a long timeout on this check.

What would you like to see fixed here? the timeout to be reduced? I
dunno if the underlying library allows this; in any case, please
clarify your request.

> The server does not respond to http nor ping for me. bugs.debian.org
> responds to ping.

Ditto.

Regards,
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