Bugs with patches attached

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 18:47 +0100, James Westby wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> There is currently a discussion in #debian-devel that
> would benefit from some input from triagers.
> 
> Part of the discussion is about making best use of the
> patches that are attached to some bugs by people
> that are not involved in Ubuntu development enough
> to know how to take them further.
> 
> There is a worry that firstly there are plenty of patches
> sitting in launchpad that just aren't getting seen by
> the right people. The further concern is that when
> they are seen we ask too much of the submitters and
> so drive people away from contributing.

One problem I have is although I could write patches for a couple bugs
I've spotted in, for example, Universe packages, I don't know how to
make a debdiff (or even what one is), but when you have a patch, that's
what they ask for.  I don't know anything about packaging, so I don't
know how to get the fixes in for the few little things that I know I can
fix.  Given that feature freeze is in effect, I know I won't be able to
fix the fact that a few of the menu options in Rubrica are in Italian
while the rest of the program is in English before Hardy ships.  I know
where each button is, so i just don't read it.  That won't work for
everyone.

Making it easier to separate patch-writer from packager would, in my
opinion, be helpful.

-- 
Mackenzie Morgan
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
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