[Reportbug-maint] Processed: Bug#543815: Establishing a "Severity" rating

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 12:29:29AM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 18:25, Moritz Muehlenhoff<jmm at inutil.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 12:03:55PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 00:06, Debian Bug Tracking
> >> System<owner at bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> >> > Processing commands for control at bugs.debian.org:
> >> >
> >> >> clone 543815 -1
> >> > Bug#543815: initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable initrd image
> >> > Bug 543815 cloned as bug 544485.
> >> >
> >> >> reassign -1 reportbug
> >> > Bug #544485 [initramfs-tools] initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable initrd image
> >> > Bug reassigned from package 'initramfs-tools' to 'reportbug'.
> >> > Bug No longer marked as found in versions initramfs-tools/0.85i.
> >> >> retitle -1 overinflated linux-2.6 bug reports
> >> > Bug #544485 [reportbug] initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable initrd image
> >> > Changed Bug title to 'overinflated linux-2.6 bug reports' from 'initramfs-tools: Having "/lib64" in /etc/ld.so.conf results in unusable initrd image'
> >> >> stop
> >> > Stopping processing here.
> >>
> >> We are using the same text for severities as from BTS website [1]
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities
> >>
> >> If there is a problem with that wording, it should be fixed there
> >> first (and then notify us of teh change, just to fast sync the info).
> >>
> >> Please either close this bug (it's invalid for reportbug) or reassing
> >> it to b.d.o , as you prefer.
> >
> > The problem is that the standard severities cannot be mapped 1:1 on
> > the kernel package. Since the kernel is the core component of 99%
> > of all Debian systems, it's in the nature of the beast that any
> > problem which makes a system unbootable renders the package unusable
> > for the person filing the bug and the default descriptions lead bug
> > reporters to believe that grave or above is the correct severity.
> 
> Yeah, I agree, but I also like Julien's suggestion of a 'presubj'
> script: do you think it's feasible to add one to kernel package?
> 
> > Since this is a common mistake, it might be a good idea to display
> > different descriptions when filing a bug against the linux-2.6
> > source package. This is what Maks's bug report is about.
> 
> Thanks for clarifying :)

I wasn't aware of presubj so far. I'll test if it suffices and reassign
the bug to linux-2.6 accordingly.

Cheers,
        Moritz