Packages without bug subscribers

[Brian Murray]

Recently there was some discussion about packages that might have no one
looking after bugs reported about them.  One way to monitor bugs about a
package, in Launchpad, is to subscribe to all of the package's bug
mail.  This can be done by going to
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid and clicking "Subscribe to bug
mail".  (Of course replacing apcid with the package you are interested
in.)

I went looking for these packages and have compiled a wiki page[1] with
some of them.  (A complete csv file is also attached to that page.)
There are approximately 850 of these packages in main, and not having
people subscribed to a package's bug reports may make sense in some
cases.  However, there are still clearly some packages that need
monitoring and some bug cleanup done.  The cleanup[2] can be fairly easy
with the right tools too!

How can you help?  If there is a package that you or a team you are
member of cares for - subscribe to the bug mail.  Some teams, like
ubuntu-x and desktop-bugs, have mailing lists specifically setup for
their bug mail.  Alternatively, review and triage a package's existing
bug reports.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/MainPackagesWithoutBugSubscribers 
[2] http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=45 

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Brian Murray                                                 @ubuntu.com
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