[Reportbug-maint] Bug#241027: Please support reporting bugs to alioth.debian.org

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Hello Sandro,
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 08:41:32AM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 13:20, Helge Kreutzmann<debian at helgefjell.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:59:13PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:49, Helge Kreutzmann<debian at helgefjell.de> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:02:52PM +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 15:46, Helge Kreutzmann<debian at helgefjell.de> wrote:
> >> >> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 02:13:06PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> >> what's there taht stops you from contacting Alioth team and ask them
> >> what you can do to help achieve your goal?
> >
> > Well, if that helps you I can sure search for an e-mail adress on
> > alioth and request them to contact you/this bug.
> >
> >> >> I'm sorry, but we cannot be the facilitators for this, if Alioth team
> >> >> doesn't support, so you should be the gateway if you're still
> >> >> interested in this feature.
> >> >
> >> > I'm still interested though possible not the right contact person. So
> >>
> >> could you please explain why? there's no need to be a tech guy to ask
> >> if some sort of coordination/development can be done on alioth side.
> >
> > I can for sure send an e-mail as stated above.
> 
> We are running low on maintainer resources, so we cannot follow up
> this request with alioth team.

Ok.

> My request is to contact alioth admin, explain what you need, try to
> convince them it's an interesting feature and only in case of
> clarification/synchronization let them contact us.
> 
> You should lead this request with alioth team, with us only as
> fallback for specific integration technical stuff.

Well, when I filed this bug this probably would have been possible for
me. But frankly speaking I'm currently reducing my Debian time for
various reasons (and I'm just going through "my" bugs to see if
anything can be finished). So I'm probably unable to provide much more
than stipulate the first contact.

> >> > I guess the bug has to stay at the current state for the moment. Maybe
> >> > someone with contact to the Alioth team will see it and can provide
> >> > the necessary contact to couple alioth to reportbug.
> >>
> >> I don't like to keep bugs opened because "maybe someone will come up
> >> and solve it", in particular for bugs we can't do anything to solve
> >> only by ourselves and when the submitter seems not willing to push
> >> further on alioth. (the reason the bug was not already closed or bein
> >> pinged is that it didn't fell under my radar).
> >
> > Well, this bug is a wishlist, a feature request. There is nothing
> > broken. So while I understand your sentiment, I don't agree with
> > closing it. Debian is not hiding things. Unfortunately there is no tag
> > in the BTS for "cantfix". As stated initially, this bug is probably
> > long term.
> 
> tagged wontfix, the tag that better fit what's the status of this bug.

Yes, I agree, given the current circumstances.

> Let us know of any important advance on this request.

Which probably won't happen for quit some time, but if they do, I'll
definitly inform you.

Thanks anyhow,

      Greetings

               Helge

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