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

[Sandro Tosi]

Hello Helge,

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:49, Helge Kreutzmann<debian at helgefjell.de> wrote:
> Hello Sandro,
> 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:
>> > Hello,
>> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 02:13:06PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>> >> Package: reportbug
>> >> Severity: wishlist
>> >>
>> >> Since the alioth people refuse to support the "ordinary" BTS
>> >> http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=300014&group_id=1&atid=200001
>> >>
>> >> it would be great if reportbug could find a way to interface to
>> >> alioth, so bugs can be reported in a unified interface.
>> >>
>> >> I know this is probably a long term wishlist, but having this would be
>> >> really great!
>> >
>> > Did you have some time to consider if this is feasible?
>>
>> You have to involve the Alioth team to provide us a way to report bug
>> to them (the best would be a mailbox where we can send report for
>> alioth issues).
>
> I'm sorry, I've no (explict) contact to the Alioth team as well.
> That's basically the reason I would like this feature. I hoped that
> you had the contacts necessary (as "bug" experts)

we are no "bug expert" (that could be the owner of bugs.debian.org),
we are simply the maintainer of reportbug.

>  to work out the technical details.

what's there taht stops you from contacting Alioth team and ask them
what you can do to help achieve your goal?

>> 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 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).

> Thanks for your answer anyhow.

Please contact Alioth team, or find someone willing to push it thru,
else we can't do anything but close this report.

Regards,
-- 
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
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