Re: Release-critical Bugreport for November 26, 1999

[Christian Kurz <shorty@debian.org>]

I sent this email to debian-devel, bugscan, debian-qa, debian-qa-private
and debian-private to reach as many maintainers as possible.

I hope that some of those bugs get fixed by now or I will surely do some
a NMUs if the maintainer is happy about it or not. I won't accept that
bugs like #45428 stay open for over 2 weeks without any reaction from
the maintainer.

If someone needs help to get a bug fixed, feel free to contact the QA
comitte (they get a Cc). We definitely need to decrease the number of
bugs.

On 99-11-26 BugScan reporter wrote:
> Total number of release-critical bugs: 329

Hasn't there been a bug squashing-party? I have the strange feeling,
that it had not effect, because the bug number is still too high and
this

> Number that will disappear after removing packages marked [REMOVE]: 99

can't be a good solution for fixing bugs. Sorry folks, but I must say,
that some of you are not aware of what RCB = Release-Criticial-Bug
really stands for.

> Package: apache (main)
> Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
>   49887  apache: typo in config prevents startup

This is an very easy to fix bug, but there hasn't been any reaction from
the maintainer since 14 days. Johnie, do you fix this within three days
or can we make a NMU?

> Package: apache-common (main)
> Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
> [STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
>   45428  apache-common: mod_mime.so depends on /etc/apache/mime.types

Could someone please examine this issue and provide a solution? It seems
like the maintainer is some kind of MIA, because this one and the
prevois bug should have been fixed one month ago according to the
STRATEGY-Tag.

> Package: apache-ssl (non-US)
> Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
>   49157  apache-ssl: Can't build (SSL patch failed)

Someone must examine the patch and re-adjust it for the new
upstream-source.

>   50423  browsing the whole / directory

This one needs some examination and need someone with a average
knowledge of apache.

> Package: apple2 (contrib)
> Maintainer: Tom Lear <tom@trap.mountain-view.ca.us>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49597  apple2 breaks debconf breaks apt

I would suggest closing this bug.

> Package: apt-move (main)
> Maintainer: Gregory T. Norris <adric@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50900  apt-move: 'apt-move delete' wants to delete across archetectures

Some of our porters for the sparc-architecture need to take a look at
this bug.

> Package: at (main)
> Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
>   49708  at: at simply does not run jobs anymore
> [STRATEGY] This is caused by a patch for a wishlist bug; the patch can
> be reversed.
> [SQUASH] Dark is working on a patch.
> [FIXED] Fixed package at is in Incoming
>   50984  at: atd does not execute jobs in time
> [FIXED] Fixed package at is in Incoming

Good News, wenn will this fixed package become installed and so the bugs
be closed?

> Package: auctex (main)
> Maintainer: Davide G. M. Salvetti <salve@debian.org>
>   50368  auctex: Cannot remove package while upgrading

I would suggest closing this bug.

> Package: autofs (main)
> Maintainer: Justin Maurer <justin@debian.org>
>   46638  autofs: /etc/init.d/autofs syntax error

Justin, do you upload a fixed package soon or can we make a NMU for
fixing this bug?

> Package: base-passwd (main)
> Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
>   36007  update-passwd did many stupid things

We will open a task at the debian-qa package for this. Someone with a
good knowdlege of perl could take this task and provide us with a new
and better update-passwd

> Package: bash (main)
> Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
> [SQUASH] Matthias Klose has bash 2.03 almost ready.
>   34717  bash: contains /bin/sh link
>   45656  bash: need better way to handle /bin/sh symlink
>   48911  bash: please remove sparc from libc5 compat list
>   50769  experimental bash-2.03 and readline-4.0 packages for potato
>   51188  bash: fails miserably on sparc

Matthias, when will you NMU bash 2.03 and close some of those bug
reports?

> Package: bigloo (main)
> Maintainer: Craig Brozefsky <craig@red-bean.com>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   46040  [PATCH] compilation on sparc, cleanup, etc
> [STRATEGY] It appears that a new .diff.gz was uploaded, but it was never
> recompiled on the original arch.

Well, could plese someone of the sparc-porters grab the source manually
and test if the bug has been fixed?

>   46586  depends on libgc4-dev, which is not installable

Can be fixed by a recompilation? Craig, can we NMU it?

>   50092  bigloo: does not compile

Can someone examine this issue?

> Package: blt-common (main)
> Maintainer: Gordon Russell <gor@debian.org>
>   51132  blt-common: Conflicts with blt8.0

Gordon, has this bug been fixed by now?

> Package: boot-floppies (main)
> Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
>   43057  bootdisk: rawrite uses 8.3 names

I think the Team is already working on fixing this one.

> Package: calctool (non-free)
> Maintainer: Peter Crystal <darke@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50033  calctool: does not build from source on sparc

Peter, can you upload now a package so that I get installed in the
archive or should someone make a NMU to fix this bug?

> Package: cecilia (non-free)
> Maintainer: Marco Budde <Budde@tu-harburg.de>
> [REMOVE] No source available, so we can't fix this. Also hasn't been updated
>          upstream in over a year it seems.
>   44747  cecilia: `Error: couldn't execute "/usr/lib/cecilia/files/csound_linux2.0.x"'

Can we please remove this package then, if it's not maintained upstream
since one year now?

> Package: cern-httpd (main)
> Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49383  netstd is now a dummy package, please replace depends with a depends on the parts you need

This can be fixed by a recompilation. Steve, do you will fix this now or
can we also NMU it?

> Package: chimera2 (main)
> Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50558  chimera2: sig sevs; libpng problems

Seems to be fixable, but just recompiling it. Mark, can you confirm this
and upload a fixed package?

> Package: clisp (main)
> Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
>   46059  package fails to build on sparc

Can some of the sparc-porters please take a look at this issue?

> Package: console-tools (main)
> Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
>   49158  console-tools; error while upgrading

Can someone take a look at this issue and provide a fix for it?

>   50175  console-tools: Keyboard layout is overwrited during package configuration.

Should be easy to fix. A first possible fix is to save the old keymap. 

> Package: coolman (main)
> Maintainer: Tom Lear <tom@trap.mtview.ca.us>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   51199  coolman: broken  unable to execute old post-removal script: Exec format error

Should be easy to fix? Tom, when will we get a fixed version?

>   51200  no option for force failed maintainer scripts

Same bug as above, so I will merge them.

>   51201  coolman: Broken sysstem

I think, that this is the same issue as the two bugs above.

> Package: cron (main)
> Maintainer: Steve Greenland <stevegr@debian.org>
>   50240  cron_3.0pl1-54 (dist=unstable)]: compile errors with strn*

This one shouldn't be too hard to fix, so I hope that we see a fixed
version soon.

> Package: cruft (main)
> Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50180  cruft parameter parsing broken

There's patch in the BTS. Anthony, would you please apply it and upload
a fixed version? Or can we NMU it?

> Package: cvs (main)
> Maintainer: Tom Lees <tom@debian.org>
>   51234  cvs: pserver does not work

There's no information in the BTS about this bug.

> Package: darxite (main)
> Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48846  Downloading multiple files via html causes data corruption

Is this really release-critical? Can't we print a note during install
and downgrade the bug?

> Package: ddd-smotif (contrib)
> Maintainer: Alexander Yukhimets <alexy@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package is no longer needed and can be removed.
>   34802  ddd-smotif: Generate core-dumps after start

Alexander, do you need some help to fix this bug? Has also been the new
uþstream version, mentioned in the BTS, packaged for Debian?

> Package: debconf (main)
> Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
>   50315  debconf: error while trying to purge apps using debconf

Has this bug now been fixed or not?

>   51280  debconf: segfault in postinst

Also there's no information about this bug in the BTS.

> Package: debian-policy (main)
> Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
>   43529  debian-policy: mail locking in Debian is _not_ NFS safe

And the Policy-Maintainer working on a fix?

> Package: deliver (main)
> Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
>   49200  deliver: cannot log error messages

Scott, have you examined this bug or do you need some help? 

> Package: devscripts (main)
> Maintainer: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>
>   51048  devscripts: dch cannot be started without modifying the first line

Easy to fix. Julian, when do you upload the fixed version?

> Package: dhelp (main)
> Maintainer: Marco Budde <budde@debian.org>
>   49793  dhelp erase files during install and removal

What about this bug? Has it been fixed or not?

> Package: dhis (main)
> Maintainer: Remi Lefebvre <remi@debian.org>
>   51272  dhis: Unsafe temporary file in conf.c

And again no information available in the BTS.

> Package: diald (main)
> Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
> [SQUASH] taken (calc)
>   49324  diald depends on netstd which now is a fake package

Can be fixed by a recompilation. Philippe, when do you upload a fixed
version?

> Package: doc-base (main)
> Maintainer: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
>   48908  comerr-dev: package broken on sparc

Adam, can you please take a look at this issue?

> Package: docbk-xml2x (main)
> Maintainer: Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org>
>   49307  docbk-xml2x: docbook2texi should output @setfilename

Ardo, did you upload a fixed version or do you wait for a new
upstream-release?

> Package: dwww (main)
> Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
>   49664  dwww unable to access docs in /usr/share/doc

There are different suggestion for a solution. Why hasn't been one
adopted and a fixed package uploaded?

>   51045  dwww: man page links incorrect dwwwconfig.8.gz dwww-txt2html.8.gz (man says dangling symlink)

Should be easy to fix. Jim, when will you fix it?

>   51206  dwww: update-menus doesn't work correctly with dwww

Seems to be easy to fix. Can we please get a fixed version or NMU it?

> Package: dx (main)
> Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48164  Cannot coexist with current LessTif package.
> [HELP] Problems with source during nmu attempt(see bug report)

Can some one please examine this bug?

> Package: emacs20 (main)
> Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
>   33237  /etc/alternatives/emacs not managed properly - /usr/bin/emacs doesn't run emacs20
> [STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.

When will this one become fixed?

>   43249  Y2K problem in timezone.el

Seems to get fixed in the new version.

>   48997  emacs20_20.4-1(unstable): hardcoded i386 in debian/rules

Should be easy to fix. When will a fixed version be uploaded?

>   51112  emacs20: emacs20 cannot compile on powerpc

Could someone of our PowerPC-Porters look at this issue?

> Package: emacsen-common (main)
> Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
>   48681  gettext: can not install gettext on a new potato system

Has the Debian-QA-Team found a possible solution for this issue?

> Package: enlightenment (main)
> Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org>
>   48413  enlightenment: should predepend on dpkg 1.4.1.17

Could this fixed by adding a dependacy?

> Package: erlang (main)
> Maintainer: Samuel Tardieu <sam@debian.org>
>   49377  erlang: can't build from source

How can this be fixed?

> Package: exim (main)
> Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
>   50250  Exim bounces all email after upgrade

Mark, do you see some easy solution to this bug?

>   50435  exim_3.03-4(unstable): build problem with HAVE_IPV6 under glibc2.0

Is this one really release-critical or can't the severity be lowered by
building exim with ipv4?

> Package: fdutils (main)
> Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
>   51040  MAKEFLOPPIES, run from postinst, is too fragile...

Can someone please examine this issue and look, how this can be fixed?

> Package: festival (main)
> Maintainer: David Huggins-Daines <dhd@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50327  festival_1.4.0-2(unstable): source.unpack fails

Has a fixed version been uploaded?

>   50472  festival: note on sparc compilation

Should be easy to fix. Is the fix in the BTS correct, so that I can be
NMUed?

>   50602  Festival can't load shared library

Seems that this bug is  triggered by a broken dependancy.

> Package: fetchmail (main)
> Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
>   43139  fetchmail flushed after failed delivery

No information in the BTS available.

>   49203  fetchmail: endless loop on SIGPIPE

Can someone please test the patch in the BTS?

>   50548  fetchmail: should depend on python-tk
> [FIX] Patch is available in bugreport

Mark, what's the problem with the patch in the BTS or why hasn't it been
applied?

>   50990  fetchmail: mail was fetched and deleted from server but never sent to local MTA

I think this one needs a examination, what's happening and how it can be
fixed.

> Package: fte-xwindow (main)
> Maintainer: Zdenek Kabelac <kabi@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50082  fte-xwindow: 8-bit symbols cannot be entered

Needs some discussion and examination to see wether it's a bug or not.

> Package: ftp.debian.org (pseudo)
> Maintainer: Guy Maor <ftpmaster@debian.org>
>   38599  packages which should be moved to the base section
>   41274  Please remove the old netcdf packages
>   43889  An experimental version of gnus was uploaded by mistake into main

When do the FTP-Master become active and fix those bugs?

> Package: gconv-modules (main)
> Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
>   48120  gconv-modules would not be loaded properly when setgid

If it's really fixed as mentioned in the BTS, can this bug please be
closed?

> Package: gensig (main)
> Maintainer: Andrew Feinberg <agf@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48071  gensig: binary name conflict

What's the current status of this bug? 

> Package: glade (main)
> Maintainer: Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org>
>   50050  glade: does not build on sparc

The fix provided in the BTS seems correct. Marcus, when will you apply
it?

> Package: gltt2 (main)
> Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
>   50596  gltt2: current version needs recompile.

Can someone please recompile the package with the new libc?

> Package: gnomba (main)
> Maintainer: Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>
>   50399  XFree eat all the memory when i launch gnomba

Needs to be examined to see what's happening and how to fix.

> Package: gnome-help (main)
> Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
>   49734  gnome-help-browser displays html forms incorrectly, crashes

Can someone examine this bug, to see if it's in gnome-help or
libgtkxmhtml1?

> Package: gnomehack (main)
> Maintainer: Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49269  gnomehack: segmentation fault

A possible solution is in the BTS. 

>   50964  gnomehack: gnomehack segvs if suidmanager isn't installed

Easy to fix, so, Erik, could you please upload a fixed version or can we
NMU it?

> Package: gnotes (main)
> Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
>   50088  Looses text

It looks like it's not so easy to fix.

> Package: gnu-smalltalk (main)
> Maintainer: Alexander Shinn <foof@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   45180  gnu-smalltalk: entry blox in window manager menu does not work

Needs according to my knowledge someone with a good knowledge of
smalltalk.

> Package: gnucash (main)
> Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49485  gnucash: can't build from source

Could be easy to fix.

> [STRATEGY] the bugreport suggests a missing include file
>   50915  gnucash depends on libguile4, but libguile6 is current

Easy to fix with a recompilation. Alexander, can we NMU it?

> Package: gobo (main)
> Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50591  gobo: errors compiling, and needed PATH addition

Seems to be much work to fix. 

> Package: gpasman (non-US)
> Maintainer: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   43061  gpasman segfaults when opening database

Should be the upstream maintainer get informed about this bug?

>   51270  gpasman: scrambles database when a bad password used

No information in the BTS.

> Package: gsl (main)
> Maintainer: Michael J. Booth <booth@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   42116  gsl-histogram double counts last input
> [STRATEGY] Upstream fixed in on August 5, but a new package was never made
> [FIXED] Fixed package gsl is in Incoming

When wil the fixed package become installed and the bug closed?

> Package: hanterm (main)
> Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50316  hanterm_1:3.3.1p17-5(unstable): targets in debian/rules have wrong names

Easy to fix. Chu-yeon, when do you upload a fixed version or can we NMU
it?

>   51185  hanterm_1:3.3.1p17-5 (dist=unstable)]: bad rules file

Same bug as above

> Package: hatman (main)
> Maintainer: Josip Rodin <jrodin@jagor.srce.hr>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50098  hatman: does not build from source

We'll have to wait for a fix from the upstream-maintainer

> Package: horde (main)
> Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50665  postinst syntax errors (basename arguments wrong)

A patch is in the BTS. Ivan, will you apply it and make a new release or
not?

>   50893  Horde installation massively insecure

Need some discussion, to see if it's a real bug or not.

> Package: htmldoc (main)
> Maintainer: Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   51165  htmldoc: Has lost its GUI

Is this really release-critical?

> Package: iceconf (main)
> Maintainer: Jules Bean <jules@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   39251  iceconf: iceconf uses old workspace commands
> [HELP] Could be fixed now...?

There's patch in the BTS. Could this please be tested to see if it fixes
this bug?

> Package: imagemagick (main)
> Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
>   49786  convert has bad references

Seems to be fixable by just recompiling it.

> Package: imp (main)
> Maintainer: Ivan E. Moore II <rkrusty@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50057  Upon logging into a mailbox: Warning: Unable to find stream pointer in /usr/share/horde/imp/status.php3 on line 57

Is is really release-critical?

>   50058  Unpon logging into a mailbox in IMP: Warning: Using uninitialized variable $emy in session.inc on line 316

Same as above

>   50524  imp: phplib breaks again imp

Has this bug been fixed by now or not?

> Package: isapnptools (main)
> Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
>   50202  isapnptools: IRQ2/9 mess still highly confusing
> [STRATEGY] There is a patch in the report.

Could someone please test the patch from the BTS?

> Package: ispell (main)
> Maintainer: David L. Coe <david.coe@someotherplace.org>
>   49487  ispell: can't build from source

Is this bug fixed by now?

> Package: ivtools-dev (main)
> Maintainer: Guenter Geiger <geiger@debian.org>
>   50998  ivtools-dev: recompile for libace5.0

Guenter, has it been recompiled or can we make a NMU?

> Package: jdk1.1 (non-free)
> Maintainer: Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
>   50282  jdk1.1: correct FHS problems in update-alternatives invocation

Should be easy to fix. Stephen, when will we get a fixed package?

>   51101  jdk1.1: java wrapper scripts seem to lose filenames given on command line

Needs to be examind by someone with an average knowdlege of java.

> Package: jed (main)
> Maintainer: "Christian Hammers" <ch@debian.org>
>   51213  [PATCH] 3 (tmp) races in jed

Christian, what's about the patch? Did you examine it and send it
upstream or not?

> Package: kbd (main)
> Maintainer: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
>   50431  kbd: Bug in /sbin/kbdconfig?

Yann, did you fix this bug by now or not?

> Package: kerberos4kth (non-US)
> Maintainer: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
>   40025  kerberos4kth: won't compile on glibc2.1

Some suggestion how to fix this bug are in the BTS. Is someone already
working on a fix or not?

> Package: kernel-image-2.2.13 (main)
> Maintainer: Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org>
>   49723  kernel: devpts module not installed by default
> [FIXED] Fixed package kernel-image-2.2.13-i386 is in Incoming

Herbert, has the new bug-fixing upload yet been done?

>   50109  Is i386 2.2.13 kernel stuffed?
> [FIXED] Fixed package kernel-image-2.2.13-i386 is in Incoming

When will the package be installed and the bug fixed?

> Package: ksymoops (main)
> Maintainer: Joel Klecker <espy@debian.org>
>   51137  boot errors!!!

Is someone working on a bug fix for this bug or not?

> Package: lapack (main)
> Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48661  lapack: doesn't build from source

Is this bug as suggested in the BTS not in lapack itself but in g77 or
not? Can someone please examine this issue and reassign it if necessary?

> Package: ldso (main)
> Maintainer: David Engel <david@debian.org>
>   48539  ldso_1.9.11-5_alpha.deb fails to install

According to this BTS, this bug has been fixed. Could it then be also
become closed?

>   48818  ldconfig dies with Illegal instruction

Can someone from the Alpha-Porter-Team please take a look at this issue?

>   49279  ldd/ldconfig/ldso: patches for sparc

The patch itself is in the BTS available. Could we please get then a
fixed version soon?

> Package: libapache-mod-perl (main)
> Maintainer: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
>   45753  libapache-mod-perl: Doesn't build on Alpha

Seems like it's easy to by just changing the rules-File.

>   47273  Debian/Sparc libapache-mod-perl Package Problems...

I think, this is a bug where we need the help of the Sparc-Porters to
find a good solution for.

> Package: libapache-mod-python (main)
> Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
>   48804  mod-python crashes apache

Can someone with a knowledge about python please look at this issue?

>   50418  libapache-mod-python explodes now and then

Also an issue where we need the help from people with a knowledge of
python.

> Package: libc6 (main)
> Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
>   21810  libc6: rexec call dumps core with user="string" and password=NULL

Need some more examination to find a solution, that doesn't open a
security hole.

>   36584  nss' compat does not work with shadow nis

Needs examination by someone who is familar with NIS.

>   50167  libc6: Include ldd nad ldd man page, which are part of ldso.

If we don't get more information from the submitter, I would suggest
closing this bug report.

>   50311  libc6: libc6 ships binary programs: please split.

We need to discuss this issue to see if it's a bug or not, but I would
suggest lowering the severity of it.

> Package: libc6-dev (main)
> Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
>   50083  libc6-dev: broken headers for sparc

Also here we need the help of our Sparc-Porters to find a good fix.

> Package: libc6.1 (main)
> Maintainer: Joel Klecker <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
>   47584  libc6.1: localtime() hangs on alpha

And also on this bug we need help from our Porters, but this time from
the Alpha-Team.

>   48455  libc6.1: libc6 fails to install and leaves installation broken

Do we still have this install problem? I never noticed one like this
during my last updates.

> Package: libcgi-perl (main)
> Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
>   49189  cannot purge libcgi-perl

Should be trivial to fix. Manoj, when will you upload a fixed version or
can we make a NMU?

> Package: libdb2.6-util (main)
> Maintainer: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
>   50647  libdb2.6-util: trying to overwrite db_archive from libc6

Should also be easy to fix without much work. Fabrizzio, when do you
release a fixed version or can we NMU it?

> Package: libg++2.8.2-dev (main)
> Maintainer: Debian EGCS maintainers <egcs@packages.debian.org>
>   50048  libg++2.8.2-dev: empty package on sparc

When will the package become removed as stated in the BTS?

> Package: libg++272 (main)
> Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
>   47212  [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure

Here we need the help from the M68K-Team to find the bug and a solution
for it.

> Package: libgc5 (main)
> Maintainer: Mike Goldman <whig@by.net>
>   51208  fix for sparc build

Mike, there's patch in the BTS? Can you please apply it and make a new
release or can we NMU it?

> Package: libgcj0 (main)
> Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
>   46062  [sparc] build fails in all-target-boehm-gc

Who has enough time to work on this issue? 

> Package: libgcj0-dev (main)
> Maintainer: Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
>   48741  depends on a non-free package

Same issue as the one above.

> Package: libgimp-perl (main)
> Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
>   45124  libgimp-perl: perlcc eats all the memory

Could someone with a good knowledge of perl please take a look at this
issue?

> Package: liblockfile1 (main)
> Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
>   43491  liblockfile1: lockfile_create is _not_ NFS safe (fcntl() missing)

Can someone please modify liblockfile so that locking is
policy-complaint?

> Package: libmagick4g-lzw (non-free)
> Maintainer: Scott K. Ellis <scott@debian.org>
>   38649  libmagick4g-lzw: is version 4.0.4-3, while  libmagick4g 4.2.2-0.0

Can we please get a fixed version of libmagick4g-lzw out? There are two
solutions in the BTS, so please!

>   48090  libmagick4g-lzw: libmagick4g-lzw depends on non-existed  library libjpegg6a

Can be fixed by just a recompilation.

> Package: libnss-ldap (main)
> Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
>   48953  libnss-ldap: Doesn't search for groups correctly

If we don't get more information about the bug itself, I would suggest
closing it.

> Package: libpcre1 (main)
> Maintainer: Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50046  libpcre1: does not build from source on sparc

Can we surely remove the package from the FTP-Servers or not?

> Package: libpgsql2 (main)
> Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
>   46690  pgl seg faults

Can this just be solved by changing the dependancies?

>   49141  PHP3 postgres causes apache segfault

Did they find on the postgres-ml a solution for this problem?

> Package: libreadlineg2 (main)
> Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
>   39907  lftp dumps core

Should be not too hard to fix, so when can we expect a fixed version?

> Package: libsufary-ruby (main)
> Maintainer: Takao KAWAMURA <kawamura@debian.org>
>   51183  libsufary-ruby_2 (dist=unstable)]: YAFI-bug and path problems
> [FIXED] Fixed package libsufary-ruby is in Incoming

When will the package become installed and the bug closed?

> Package: lilo (main)
> Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
>   49948  liloconfig makes bad lilo.conf when from scratch

Has someone come up with a good patch for this solution or not?

> Package: lilypond (main)
> Maintainer: Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org>
>   49314  lilypond: Can't build from source

Has someone taken a look at this issue?

> Package: listarchives (pseudo)
> Maintainer: Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
>   49888  listarchives: Links of glimpse search results not found (even older ones)

Needs some more examination.

> Package: lletters (main)
> Maintainer: Lalo Martins <lalo@webcom.com>
>   37660  lletters need to be recompiled with new libglib/libgtk

Can be fixed by just a recompilation.

> Package: logcheck (main)
> Maintainer: Rene Mayrhofer <rmayr@vianova.at>
>   50994  logcheck: "["s in /etc/logcheck/logcheck.violations.ignore kill logcheck.

Is this really release-critical? Can't we just print out a message
during install about this issue and lower the severity?

> Package: lpr (main)
> Maintainer: Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>
>   48642  lpr; lpr does not print on a remote printer
> [HELP] Should be fixed by now, someone should doublecheck

Has someone double-checked so that we can close the bug report?

> Package: lprng (main)
> Maintainer: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
>   42914  [3.5.2-1.3] lprng doesn't work with networked printer

I would say,  that this is a bug in magicfilterconfig and not in lprng.

>   45857  lprng: Fails to configure

If we don't get more information from the submitter, I would suggest
closing this bug report.

>   50709  lprng won't configure: error exit status 127

Seems like this one can be fixed by making a small change to the
postinst-script. 

> Package: lynx (main)
> Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
>   46021  lynx on alpha exits immediately with interrupt 15, is useless

Can someone from the Alpha-Porters please look at this issue?

> Package: make-doc (main)
> Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
>   50761  make-doc: postinst fails

A fix is in the BTS, Manoj when will you apply it or can we NMU it?

> Package: makepasswd (main)
> Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
>   50885  no longer allows specification of cleartext from command line

I think this should be forwarded to the upstream for fixing it.

> Package: manpages-dev (main)
> Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
>   46792  setreuid(2) contains invalid security information

Can we reassign this bug as suggested to libc6-doc?

> Package: mason (main)
> Maintainer: Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50745  mason: halts machine during next reboot due to questions

I don't now anything about mason, so I can't say how much work it would
be to fix it.

> Package: mc (main)
> Maintainer: Michael Bramer & Martin Bialasinski <mc-debian@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>
>   50891  destruction of file system integrity

I would say, that this bug is not trivial to fix and should be forwarded
to the upstream.

> Package: mdate (main)
> Maintainer: Peter Crystal <darke@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50325  mdate_1.0.1-1(unstable): cannot build freshly unpacked source

A solutionl, which is okay, can be found in the BTS. Peter, when do you
will apply it and upload a fixed version?

> Package: mercury (main)
> Maintainer: Tyson Dowd <trd@cs.mu.oz.au>
>   48664  mercury: can't build from source

Can someone please check if this bug is fixed or not?

>   49160  Patch for Sparc compilation

Has this one also been fixed or not?

> Package: mesag-dev (main)
> Maintainer: James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
>   44489  mesag-dev: GLU_* constants incompatible with GLenum type

Seems not be trivial to fix.

> Package: mico-2.2.7 (main)
> Maintainer: Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
>   44446  [m68k] mico compile fails because exception support appears broken

And also at this issue we need the help from the M68K-Porters.

> Package: midentd (main)
> Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
>   49574  pidentd: dependencies not in sync with midentd

According to the BTS, I would say that this bug is not too hard to fix.

> Package: modconf (main)
> Maintainer: Enrique Zanardi <ezanard@debian.org>
>   51015  package is absurdly out of date for 2.2
>   51019  truncation in 'select net modules' screen

Enrique, if you need to help to get those two bugs fixed, then please
contact debian-qa and ask for help.

> Package: modutils (main)
> Maintainer: Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>
>   50251  modutils: depmod -a is broken

Seems like this one is hard to fix so that it can be used on any
architecture.

>   50898  MOdutils for sparc is missing files

Should be trivial to fix.

> Package: netbase (main)
> Maintainer: Anthony Towns <ajt@debian.org>
>   46642  [jim@jimpick.com: netbase (ping6) and kernel bitops]

Here we need the help from the ARM- and PowerPC-Porters to fix the issue
so, that the package is usable on every architecture.

> Package: nfs-common (main)
> Maintainer: Anders Hammarquist <iko@debian.org>
>   50872  nfs-common: NFS file locking broken with LinUX 2.2.x

Needs some examination, by someone with familar with NFS.

> Package: nis (main)
> Maintainer: Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
>   49923  yp tries to start before portmapper is ready

Can someone please examine this issue?

> Package: ntp (main)
> Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
>   50433  ntp_4.0.98d-1(unstable): undefined ntptimeval

Is someone able to create a patch for this? If not, I think we should
forward it upstrem.

> Package: oskit (main)
> Maintainer: Ed Boraas <ed@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   43872  oskit: i586-oskit-gcc forks endlessly

Ed, how about a fix for this bug?

> Package: pccts (main)
> Maintainer: Ed Petron <epetron@leba.net>
>   50049  pccts: sorcerer missing

Can this be solved by setting correct dependancies?

> Package: perl (main)
> Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
>   44033  Perl exits with "Illegal instruction" when executing

Can we please solve this issue?

> Package: perl-5.004 (main)
> Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
>   49669  perl-5.004: pos($a)-information lost after { local($a) }

Should be sent to the upstream-maintainer.

> Package: perl-5.005 (main)
> Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
>   49907  In installing Horde it reports, "Use of uninitialized value at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/IPC/Open3.pm line 188".

Isn't this an bug in horde and not in Perl?

>   50151  perl-5.005: suidperl doesn't check permissions on modules

I think our security-team should take a look at this issue.

> Package: perl-5.005-base (main)
> Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
>   41436  New Perl should get rid of old Perl if the corresponding package isn't installed

Hasn't this one been fixed by now?

>   48544  libc6: search path for shared libraries includes current directory

Darren, have you find a solution?

>   50242  perl-5.005-base missing autosplit module

Does this problem still exists?

>   50552  perl-5.005-base: Parts of Data::Dumper are missing

Is this bug still not fixed?

>   50937  perl-5.005-base: Important modules to add for debconf

Isn't it fixed by now?

>   51289  Need link: /usr/bin/perl5.005

No information in the BTS available.

> Package: perl-base (main)
> Maintainer: Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
>   50773  Should have Pre-Depends: perl5-base

Should be trivial to fix.

> Package: php3 (main)
> Maintainer: Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>
>   50618  php3_1:3.0.12-8(unstable): build error (freetype.h not found)

Has it been fixed and a fixed package uploaded or not?

> Package: pkglist (main)
> Maintainer: Atsushi KAMOSHIDA <kamop@debian.org>
>   43201  pkglist: correct_packages.pl does not care pre-depends packages.

Atushi, have you fixed this one or do you need some help with fixing it?

> Package: plugger (contrib)
> Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   47397  plugger: Plugger don't work

Should be not to hard to fix.

>   49409  plugger: plugger uses xloadimage for png

Should be trivial to fix, so when do we get a fixed version?

> Package: postgresql (main)
> Maintainer: Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
>   48340  postgresql: Doesn't build on Alpha

Lots of work to get it fixed, so please could someone from the QA-Team
take a look at this issue?

>   49580  postgresql: upgrade broken

Can someone provide more information about this bug, to find a good
solution for it?

>   50388  Backend close client-server channel unexpectedly

Is the new version release and the bug closed?

> Package: powertweak (main)
> Maintainer: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   43243  my SCSI system locks up whenever I run powertweak

Can this bug-report pleas be closed?

> Package: ppp (main)
> Maintainer: Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
>   43885  ppp: Dial-out now fails

Philipp, when do you will fix this bug or do you need some help to get
it fixed?

> Package: premail (contrib)
> Maintainer: Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@pacbell.net>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   44518  premail doesn't work on potato

Need some examination to get fixed.

> Package: proftpd (main)
> Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
> [STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
>   46695  proftpd: Still configured anonymous access when I answered "no" to the debconf dialog.

Isn't this one a bug in debconf?

>   49170  proftpd_1.2.0pre9-1(unstable): compile error with have_sendfile

I would say, that this one is not to much work to fix, so when can we
expect a fixed version?

> Package: qmail-src (non-free)
> Maintainer: Jon Marler <jmarler@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48720  qmail-src: Generated qmail package's preinst script deletes aliases

There's a possible solution in the BTS. Jon, when will you change the
script according to the suggestion?

>   50445  qmail should use different uids

Should be discussed to find out, if we need to fix it or not.

> Package: qtss (main)
> Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50644  qtss: does not build on sparc

Easy to fix. Johnie, do you upload a fixed version or can we NMU it?

>   51063  qtss_3-2(unstable): build problems

This bug results in some work and examination to get it fixed.

> Package: quota (main)
> Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
>   41753  quota: repquota and quotacheck segfault

Is this bug still there? Heiko, do you need some help to get this and
the other two bugs fixed?

>   47222  quota: edquota - confusing

Need more examination to fix it.

>   47718  edquota will not allow soft or hard limits above 4194303 blocks

Is this one really release-critical?

> Package: qvwm (main)
> Maintainer: Shuichi OONO <jr5pdx@debian.or.jp>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49145  segfaults like crazy (even when everything else is fixed)

Can someone check if the bug is fixed by now?

> Package: rbootd (main)
> Maintainer: Alan Bain <afrb2@cam.ac.uk>
>   47618  rbootd using /usr/local/lib <--- must die

Much work to fix.

> Package: revtex (non-free)
> Maintainer: Michael A. Miller <mmiller@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48691  revtex: /usr/share/texmf/doc in revtex conflicts with tetex-base_1.0-5_all

Very Easy to fix. Michael, do you upload a fixed version or can we NMU
it?

> Package: rio (main)
> Maintainer: Vince Mulhollon <vlm@execpc.com>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50938  rio_1.07-1(unstable): build error on archs other than i386 or alpha

Vince, when do you apply the patch and release a new version?

> Package: roxen (main)
> Maintainer: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org>
>   46063  roxen is not stopped correctly by /etc/cron.weekly/roxen
>   50313  start script starts continously spawning new pikes to restart roxen

Martin, have you made the NMU yet to fix those bugs or not?

> Package: rrdtool (main)
> Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   50728  rrdtool: needs to run "perl Makefile.PL" in perl-shared and perl-pipe

Matt, has the fixed version been uploaded for Debian?

>   51072  rrdtool_1.0.7-2(unstable): i386 specific dependencies

A fix can be found in the BTS. Matt, can we NMU it or do you upload a
fixed version?

>   51187  rrdtool_1.0.7-2 (dist=unstable)]: YAFI path

Should be easy to fix.

> Package: rscheme (main)
> Maintainer: Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   47774  rscheme_0.7.2-2(unstable): Syntax error in m68k specific code

Very easy to fix. Rob, when can we have a fixed version or would you
allow to NMU it?

>   48341  rscheme: Doesn't build on Alpha

Needs examination to get fixed.

> Package: sabre (main)
> Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49656  sabre_0.2.4-4(unstable): cflags script buggy

Milan, have you uploaded a fixed version?

> Package: sane (main)
> Maintainer: Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>
>   50927  sane: no dependancies to libsane?

Is this bug fixed by now?

> Package: sawmill (main)
> Maintainer: Mikolaj J. Habryn <dichro-debian@rcpt.to>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49654  missing sawmill sawmill-client sawmill-ui binary files (PowerPC only?)

Seems to be easy to fix.

> Package: sciplot (main)
> Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49490  sciplot: can't build from source

Shouldn't be to  much work to fix.

> Package: screen (main)
> Maintainer: Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
>   50394  screen: It exits upon invocation with [screen is terminating] message.
>   51058  screen: Immediately quits

Can some confirm that there's still this bug?

>   51088  screen doesn't work if home dirs are nfs-mounted

How much work would this be to fix?

> Package: scwm (main)
> Maintainer: Francesco Tapparo <cesco@debian.org>
>   50395  scwm: recompile for libguile6

Francesco, when will you recompile it or can we NMU it?

> Package: sdr (main)
> Maintainer: Chu-yeon Park <kokids@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   43755  sdr wont compile, still requires files not present on a Debian system

Should be fixed by now according to the BTS.

>   50089  sdr: does not compile from source

Can someone please check how much work this bug would be to fix?

> Package: sgml-base (main)
> Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
>   28704  sgml-base: sgml entity handling should conform to Cees de Groot's proposed std
> [HELP] Maintainer is away; NMU's shall be appreciated.

How from the QA-Team could make a NMU to fix this bug?

> Package: sgml-tools (main)
> Maintainer: Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>
>   44514  sgml-tools: can not convert Japanese characters with sgml2txt

Sven did you look at the patch and examined it or not?

>   44743  sgml-tools: unable to purge configuation files

Needs a bit of examination, but seems to be trivial to fix.

> Package: silo (main)
> Maintainer: Davide Barbieri <paci@prosa.it>
>   50729  Silo does not check for available kernels

I would recommend chæanging the severity.

> Package: slrn (main)
> Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
>   43477  slrn: Removes all subscribed groups when slrn thinks they're gone

Shouldn't this one become downgraded? I would say that it's really
release-critical.

> Package: smail (main)
> Maintainer: Soenke Lange <soenke@escher.north.de>
>   48614  smail: postinst leaves MTA broken if xinetd is in use

I will contact Soenke and try to figure out a solution together with
him.

> Package: smpeg (main)
> Maintainer: Stefan Gybas <sgybas@debian.org>
>   51174  smpeg_0.3.0-1(unstable): configuration of sdl fails

I think this bug should be forwarde to the upstream maintainer for
fixing it.

> Package: snmptraplogd (main)
> Maintainer: Bernd Schumacher <Bernd_Schumacher@hp.com>
>   50364  snmptraplogd: missing dependency (libsnmp3.6)

Should be easy to fix. Bernd, is it allowed to NMU?

> Package: snort (main)
> Maintainer: Christian Hammers <ch@debian.org>
>   51130  first postinst hangs, then hangs while run manualy, then can't purge, can't install, generally obnoxious

Are thos bugs still reproducable or not?

> Package: socks4-clients (main)
> Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
>   49262  socks4-clients: Cannot use libsocksspl.so, __bind symbol undefined

Needs more examination to get it fixed.

> Package: splay (main)
> Maintainer: Zed Pobre <zed@debian.org>
>   50332  splay_0.8.2-5(unstable): bixindex again

Should be easy to fix. Zed, can we NMU it or do you upload a fixed
version?

> Package: stl-manual (main)
> Maintainer: Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
>   49582  stl-manual: Upstream version 3.2, debian version 3.11

Heiko, when do you pacakge the new version? But also is this really
release-critical? I would say that this bug is severity wishlist.

> Package: swish++ (main)
> Maintainer: Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   51235  swish++_3.0.3-2(unstable): fixmanpage not executable
> [FIXED] Fixed package swish++ is in Incoming

When will the package become installed and the bug closed?

> Package: sxid (main)
> Maintainer: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48193  crashes when it is running from root

Needs more examination, why it failed and how to fix.

> Package: taper (main)
> Maintainer: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
>   49216  taper: seg faults on "Recreate info file"

Can someone confirm that this bug is still there?

> Package: task-samba (main)
> Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
>   50997  task-samba: Task-samba depends on obsolete package.

Extremely easy to fix. Martin, can we NMU it?

> Package: tcsh (main)
> Maintainer: Luis Francisco Gonzalez <luisgh@debian.org>
>   49531  new dircolors breaks tcsh

Needs examination to get it  fixed.

> Package: tela (main)
> Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48079  unusable because of shared library problems

This can be fixed by just recompiling the package. John, can we NMU it?

> Package: telnetd-ssl (non-US)
> Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
>   43196  SSL telnet sessions pause unexpectedly

Seems to be much work to fix. Who has enough time to work on it?

> Package: termcap-compat (main)
> Maintainer: Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] It may be time to drop termcap-compat; no-one uses it anymore.
>   48747  termcap-compat: doesn't build from source

I would recommend removing this package from the archive.

> Package: tetex-bin (main)
> Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
>   49834  tetex-bin: libpng2-1.0.5 breaks PNG support for pdflatex

I would recommend forwarding this bug to the upstream for getting it
fixed.

> Package: tin (non-free)
> Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org>
>   46570  tin: rtin crashes
>   48196  tin: tin claims .uk is an invalid top-level-domain

Paul, would you please package the 1.4-release of tin? So that we can
test if the bugs can be closed by now?

> Package: tix41 (main)
> Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
>   47825  tix41: Doesn't work with Tcl/Tk 8.2

There's currently not much information about the bug in the BTS, so we
need first to examine it to work on a fix.

> Package: tk8.0-ja (main)
> Maintainer: Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.org>
>   49491  tk8.0-ja: Can't build from source

Could someone please check if the bug can be closed or not?

> Package: tkseti (contrib)
> Maintainer: Gopal Narayanan <gopal@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48676  app hangs and brings down or logs out xdm when destroyed

And also here we need some examination first to get it fixed.

> Package: tkstep4.2 (main)
> Maintainer: Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] Obsoleted by tkstep8.0 anyway?
>   45798  tkdesk no longer works; can't find ``libjpeg.so.6a''
> [STRATEGY] Simple recompile against libjpeg.so.62 should fix it.

Federico, would you mind a NMU for fixing those RCB or can we remove the
whole package.

> Package: ultra (main)
> Maintainer: Martin Soto <masoto@uniandes.edu.co>
> [REMOVE] Doesn't support current modutils setup, doesn't work with 2.2 kernels
>          and last upload is over a year ago.... 
>   47966  ultra: ultra should use /etc/modules.conf

Can we please remove this package?

> Package: util-linux (main)
> Maintainer: Vincent Renardias <vincent@debian.org>
>   37657  util-linux: hwclock --systohc dangerous

Need some discussion, because I'm not sure if this is really
release-critical or not.

>   41263  hwclock --adjust doesn't work (temporary fix included)
>   42556  util-linux: hwclock: Continually messes up my clock

Ohoh, I think we need to dicsuss them complete behaviour of hwclock to
find a possibel solution.

>   51273  util-linux: uses pam_pwdb for kbdrate

No information in the BTS available.

> Package: vrwave (non-free)
> Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@computer.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49095  vrwave: It doesn't even start. Java gives fatal error and exits!

Is this a bug of java, of the libc or both? I think we need to find out
this first, before working on a fix.

> Package: w3m (main)
> Maintainer: Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   51046  w3m: segfault when loading a bookmark file
> [FIXED] Fixed package w3m is in Incoming

When will the fixed package become installed and the bug closed?

> Package: watchdog (main)
> Maintainer: Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
> [STRATEGY] Maintainer will have this fixed by Oct. 30.
>   46082  watchdog: watchdog - unexpected shutdowns

It seems like we have a good explanation of the Bug in the BTS. Johnie,
do you need help to get it fixed?

> Package: wget (main)
> Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
>   50627  wget: fails in preremove

Can someone confirm that this bug ist still there?

> Package: wmaker (main)
> Maintainer: Chris McKillop <cdm@debian.org>
>   41671  wmaker: WMaker segfaults when using gnome-pager to switch to other workspace and show (unminimize) window from other desktop
> [HELP] Any help is welcome, preferably patches.

Could someone from the QA-Team please help Chris to find a solution for
this bug?

> Package: wmmail (main)
> Maintainer: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
>   44569  wmmail: wmmail: defaults domain HC!@HC!@card/GNUstep/Defaults/WMMail corrupted

Could this just be a problem with a wrong default while compiling it? If
yes, Marcelo, can we NMU it to get it fixed?

> Package: wn (main)
> Maintainer: Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>
> [REMOVE] It may be time to drop termcap-compat; no-one uses it anymore.

What does wn has to do with termcap?

>   42143  wn: cron.daily/wn recurses infinitely and gives a segment violation

Jean, have you fixed the bug till now or can we NMU it?

> [STRATEGY] Maintainer promised to fix this.
>   50086  wn: does not build from source

Jean, have you uploaded a fixed package or can we NMU it?

> Package: xbase-clients (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   48199  xauth can't handle IP changes

Brandon, do you need some help to get it fixed?

> Package: xcircuit (main)
> Maintainer: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>
>   50573  xcircuit: tries to install outside of build tree during compilation

Dale, did you fix this by now or can we NMU it, to get it fixed?

> Package: xdm (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   50740  xdm: xdm conflicts with gdm and refuses to stay installed

Shouldn't be too much work to fix.

> Package: xemacs21 (main)
> Maintainer: James LewisMoss <dres@debian.org>
>   49162  gnus: Refuses to start up

Could someone familar with gnus and xemacs look at this issue please?

> Package: xevil (non-free)
> Maintainer: Ben C. Hendrickson <bhendrickson@usa.net>
>   50409  xevil: gratuitous removal from debian

What's the current status about this bug?

> Package: xfmail (non-free)
> Maintainer: Florian Hinzmann <fh@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] Compiles, but just doesn't work with current xforms.
> Maintainer doesn't want to fix it, as it is non-free.
>   48313  xfmail: Crash after editing a mail (libforms problem?)
>   51290  xfmail: Crash when closing mail view, missnig view in second panel and memory/processor leak

If the maintainer doesn't twant to fix it, can we then please remove the
whole package?

> Package: xfmix (contrib)
> Maintainer: Tom Lear <lear@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
>   39521  GPL is incompatible with XForms
> [STRATEGY] Maintainer is trying to reach upstream authors.

Tom, have you been able to reach the upstream or  not?

> Package: xfonts-intl-asian (main)
> Maintainer: Milan Zamazal <pdm@debian.org>
>   51253  xfonts-intl-asian: does not recreate fonts.alias
> [FIXED] Fixed package intlfonts is in Incoming

When will the package get installed and the bug closed?

> Package: xfs (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   50859  xfs runs as root

Would it be possible to run xfs under the permission of nobody?

> Package: xfs-xtt (main)
> Maintainer: ISHIKAWA Mutsumi <ishikawa@linux.or.jp>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   51084  xfs-xtt dies on reset and reload signals

Seems to be related to the problem with xfs.

> Package: xfstt (main)
> Maintainer: Stephen J. Carpenter <sjc@debian.org>
>   49526  xfstt --encoding broken!

Stephen, did you fix those bug by now or not?

> Package: xftp (main)
> Maintainer: Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
>   49389  netstd is now a dummy package, please depend on the individual packages you need

Easy to fix with a recompilation. Steve, would you mind doing a NMU?

> Package: xinetd (main)
> Maintainer: Debian QA Group <debian-qa@lists.debian.org>
>   50441  telnetd: telnet sessions do not remove entry in /var/run/utmp after logout

Could the submitter please try the new version of xinetd or someone else
and tell us if the bugs been fixed or not?

> Package: xinvaders (non-free)
> Maintainer: Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49018  xinvaders: Error during installation: No such file or directory

Could someone please examine this bug and provide a fix?

>   49020  xinvaders: xinvaders dies with a Segmentation Fault [PATCH]

Nicolás, have you examined the patch and applied or not? Would you mind
an NMU to fix this bug?

> Package: xlib6g-dev (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   51076  [PATCH] tmp race in imake

Branden, what about the patch in the BTS?

> Package: xmbdfed (main)
> Maintainer: Frederic Lepied <Lepied@debian.org>
>   48635  xmbdfed: crashes working with open menu

Is someone able to reproduce the bug or can we close it?

> Package: xmcpustate (main)
> Maintainer: Thimo Neubauer <thimo@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   49492  xmcpustate: Doesn't build from source

Has someone examined the patch? Is it okay, so that we can apply it and
upload fixed version? Thimo, can we make a NMU for it?

> Package: xmysql (contrib)
> Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <martinb@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package must be removed if its license is not fixed.
>   39522  GPL is incompatible with XForms
> [STRATEGY] Maintainer is talking to upstream authors about the 
> license addition.

What's the current status?

> Package: xserver-common (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   50209  XF86Config moved and config is broken

Is this really a bug or not?

>   51086  if a font server in the fontpath dies, xfree86 will misbehave and might crash

Brandon, are you already working o a fix or do you need som help?

> Package: xserver-fbdev (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   43574  xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl don't appear to work (but do)

Is this bug still there or not?

> Package: xserver-svga (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   44995  xserver-svga: XF86_SVGA Hungs in Apm_Sync()
>   45744  xserver-svga: Crashes console system with trio3d
>   47741  xserver-svga: gmc root icons in wmaker crash the X server
>   50624  xserver-svga: Hangs when switching to graphic mode

> Package: xserver-xsun (main)
> Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
>   45654  Xsun crashing

Brandon, are you already working on fixing those bugs?

> Package: xshipwars (main)
> Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
>   51298  unvedit was not configured

No information in the BTS available.

> Package: xshipwars-server (main)
> Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
> [FIX] Patch is available in the bug report
>   50405  xshipwars-server: Won't uninstall
>   50963  xshipwars-server: Error in init.d script prevents package removal

Raphael, when do you upload  fixed package? Or can we make a NMU for
fixing it?

> Package: xwave (main)
> Maintainer: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
>   48569  xwave: broken event handling

We first need to debug the problem more, before we can work out a fix.

> Package: xxgdb (main)
> Maintainer: Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
>   47452  xxgdb: does not work (Cannot perform malloc)

Is someone able to reproduce the bug?

> Package: yagirc (main)
> Maintainer: Ole J. Tetlie <olet@debian.org>
> [REMOVE] This package can be removed if it is not fixed.
>   48093  yagirc depends on non-existed library libjpegg6a

Ole, when do you upload a fixed version or can we NMU it?

> Package: yiff-config (main)
> Maintainer: Raphael Bossek <bossekr@debian.org>
>   50771  yiffconfig: attempts to use /usr/etc/

Should be easy to fix. Raphael, when do you upload fixed version or can
we make a NMU?

> Package: zebra (main)
> Maintainer: Endre Hirling and Alexander Koch <zebra@argh.org>
>   51170  zebra_0.81-1.1(unstable): ospf6d.conf not built on m68k

Alexander, Endre, what about this bug? Has it yet been fixed?

> Package: zed (main)
> Maintainer: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
>   50271  zed: Zedx doesn't allow to enter 8-bit chars with Xkb.

Could someone examine this issue?

> Package: zsh (main)
> Maintainer: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
>   49374  zsh: completion is off by default

Has this bug been fixed yet?

Ciao
     Christian
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