Aleksey Cheusov wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Aleksey Cheusov wrote: > > >> What is the best way to report a bug for a particular package? > >> Should I use send-pr for this or something else? > > You can send an email to the MAINTAINER and/or also to this > > mailing list. > Have pkgsrc team a plan to track reports to each individual package > just like Debian (and others) does? In my opinion, the pkgsrc maintainer of any package (or send-pr) is only useful if it's actually a pkgsrc issue, for example, some build failure or pkgsrc-specific configuration issues. If you already have a patch, it might be helpful to inform the pkgsrc maintainer as well. If you're talking about bugs in general and especially feature requests, these should be reported to the original software developers. Sometimes the software itself is hardly maintained anymore, then it's better fixed in pkgsrc too. However, don't assume that a package maintainer will ever forward bug reports or patches to original developers. As far I know, Debian does not forward any bug reports even if they cannot fix them but I've also seen patches in pkgsrc that haven't been forwarded to the developers. That's bad for both parties, the package maintainers and the developers because it usually causes duplicate or futile effort. > > You use send-pr if you would like us to keep track of it. But > > sometimes send-pr is not needed. > Should I set category to 'pkg'? Yes, pkg is the correct category for the NetBSD version of send-pr. I guess, users on other systems have to use the web interface(?). -- Christian
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