Patch Pilot Report 2011-08-22

[Chase Douglas]

* lp:~sergio91pt/ubuntu/oneiric/gvfs/bug-388904
  - Bug #388904: Nautilus 'Computer' displays redundant labels
  - Patch looks ok
  - Needs to be forward ported from Natty to Oneiric
  - Needs to be converted to a packaging quilt patch
  - Was blocked on lp:ubuntu/gvfs getting updated to latest upload
  - Max Bowsher on #launchpad helped fix branch import

* lp:~mathieu-tl/ubuntu/oneiric/usb-modeswitch/lp824147
  - Bug #824147: usb_modeswitch_[2193]: segfault at 8 ip
00007eff40eab681 sp 00007fff6a785f58 error 4 in
libc-2.13.so[7eff40e29000+195000]
  - Patch looks ok, though it includes unrelated changes
  - Question on why call /bin/tar instead of just tar

* lp:~jtaylor/ubuntu/natty/meld/meld-sru
  - Bug #770549: meld /path/to/folder doesn't work
  - Bug #774265: [natty] meld hangs comparing attached files
  - Bug #786134: Meld chokes on file comparison
  - Bug #787831: Meld crashes if svn working dir contains svn externals dirs
  - Fixes four bugs for Natty as an SRU
  - Overall it looks good
  - One minor gotcha that can be fixed by an uploader if needed
  - Bug reports needed regression potential discussion
  - Submitter added regression potential information
  - I approved merge proposal

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lp:~paulbrianstewart/ubuntu/oneiric/alarm-clock-applet/830806-Punctuation-Correction
  - Bug #830806: Missing Period at end of sentence in the control file
description
  - Fixes a grammar issue in debian/control
  - Patch has already been incorporated by debian maintainer
  - I disapproved merge proposal

* lp:~jtaylor/ubuntu/oneiric/mooproxy/fix-770784
  - Bug #770784: mooproxy version 0.1.3-1 failed to build on amd64 with
GCC-4.6/oneiric
  - Fix for handling linker flags appropriately
  - Patch looks good, but needs to be redone as a quilt patch
  - Packaging needs to have quilt integration
  - Asked submitter to try to get it into Debian first if easy
  - Debian maintainer has not been responsive
  - Submitter updated package to quilt (3.0) format
  - I approved merge proposal
  - Should go upstream, but not sure how to contact upstream

* lp:~phw/sound-juicer/sound-juicer-lucid-libmb3
  - Bug #455461: Sound Juicer depends on deprecated libmusicbrainz4
  - Rebuild against libmusicbrainz3 instead of libmusicbrainz4
  - Yes, that seems to be the correct thing to do according to upstream
  - Some extra build deps added, asked submitter if they were necessary
  - Copied SRU info from a bug comment to the bug summary

* lp:~jtaylor/ubuntu/oneiric/buzztard/fix-803173
  - Bug #803173: buzztard version 0.5.0-4 failed to build on i386
  - Fix FTBFS due to linker flags
  - debdiff posted to Debian bug
  - Changes look good
  - Debian maintainer has been unresponsive, we should upload
  - I approved in case that doesn't happen

* lp:~dannf/ubuntu/natty/multipath-tools/lp829061
  - Bug #829061: [SRU] double free of mpp->dmi in free_multipath()
  - SRU merge proposal
  - Changes look good, cherry-picked patch from upstream
  - Bug report needs SRU candidate treatment
  - I approved merge proposal content

* lp:~florian-bandes/ubuntu/oneiric/monster-masher/fix-for-766042
  - Bug #766042: monster-masher version 1.8.1-2 failed to build on amd64
  - Proposes a change to configure.ac and then ran autoreconf directly
  - Asked submitter to use dh_autoreconf instead

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lp:~paulbrianstewart/ubuntu/oneiric/balazarbrothers/829819-Spelling-Error-Fix
  - Bug #829819: Spelling Errors in Control file
  - Sebastien Bacher asked that the fix be sent to Debian
  - Submitter encountered error trying to do so
  - Asked submitter to push latest code to a branch for someone to help
diagnose

* lp:~utlemming/ubuntu/oneiric/ipxe/oneiric
  - Bug #814038 (maybe?): Please offer a grub-ipxe.deb package
  - I'm confused about the bug and the branch
  - The bug is already marked as Fix Committed
  - The branch looks like it is being reused
  - Asked submitter for clarification on what is going on