[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#640500: Bug#640500: Acknowledgement (xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64: xend invokes oomkiller and reboots machine when creating DomU's)

[Wiebe Cazemier]

Op 05-09-11 19:04, Thomas Goirand schreef:
> On 09/05/2011 07:33 PM, Wiebe Cazemier wrote:
>> Severity is set to normal, but I set it to grave or serious in the bug
>> report tool. This bug is more severe than 'normal', in any case.
> Not discussing the bug itself, but just FYI...
>
> Please read about the severity when reporting. "serious" is mostly
> reserved for the Debian policy violation:
>
> serious: is a severe violation of Debian policy (that is, the problem is
> a violation of a 'must' or 'required' directive); may or may not affect
> the usability of the package. Note that non-severe policy violations may
> be 'normal,' 'minor,' or 'wishlist' bugs. (Package maintainers may also
> designate other bugs as 'serious' and thus release-critical; however,
> end users should not do so.)
>
> In your case, it might deserves a severity "important" if you think that
> "normal" doesn't fit:
>
> important: a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package,
> without rendering it completely unusable to everyone.
>
> vs
>
> normal: a bug that does not undermine the usability of the whole
> package; for example, a problem with a particular option or menu item.
>
> The Xen hypervisor, in this case, is not "completely unusable to
> everyone", so severity "important" might be the highest severity.
>
> The other 2 higher seriousness would be:
>
> 1 critical: makes unrelated software on the system (or the whole system)
> break, or causes serious data loss, or introduces a security hole on
> systems where you install the package.
>
> or
>
> 2 grave: makes the package in question unusable by most or all users, or
> causes data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the
> accounts of users who use the package.
>
> and none are your case, IMO. Please pay attention to the definitions of
> seriousness next time you do a bug report.
>
> Thomas Goirand (zigo)

Thanks for pointing it out. I'll be more watchful and careful.