launchpad-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 34

[raihan chowdhury]

On 6/1/07, launchpad-users-request at lists.canonical.com <
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>   1. Re: Close bugs automatically from package changelogs
>      (Matt Zimmerman)
>   2. Re: Close bugs automatically from package changelogs
>      (Matt Zimmerman)
>   3. Re: Close bugs automatically from package changelogs
>      (Matt Zimmerman)
>   4. Re: Brazilian official mirror not listed in launchpad
>      (Guilherme Salgado)
>   5. Re: freshness status of ubuntu mirrors in launchpad
>      (Guilherme Salgado)
>   6. Re: Brazilian official mirror not listed in launchpad
>      (Carlos Carvalho)
>   7. Re: freshness status of ubuntu mirrors in launchpad
>      (Carlos Carvalho)
>   8. Ubuntu/Kubuntu (Linda Pratt)
>   9. Re: Ubuntu/Kubuntu (Tiago Sousa)
> 10. Errors and error reporting (wm)
> 11. Re: Errors and error reporting (Curtis Hovey)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:08:45 +0100
> From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Close bugs automatically from package changelogs
> To: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com,
>        launchpad-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20070531130845.GI10017 at alcor.net>
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> On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:52:59AM +0800, Alan Tam wrote:
> > Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > This will result in a comment on the bug which looks like this:
> > >
> > >   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rats/+bug/63561
> > >
> > Since launchpad is a portal towards our users, I think there is a
> > necessity to explain what is happening than a simple changelog like
> entry.
> >
> > For example, mysql has some standard templates to tell their users what
> > versions of the software has the bug fixed.
> > <http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=21345>
> > Similar text also appear in debian's bug tracker.
> > <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=234567>
> >
> > I am not for the idea of writing long paragraphs like in debian, but I
> > guess we should write a couple of sentences to explain the situation.
> >
> > Example text:
> >     Reinhard Tartler has fixed this bug in version 2.1-7ubuntu1 of the
> > rats source package and this bug is now marked as Fix Released. Please
> > comment at https://launchpad.net/bugs/63561 if you disagree.
>
> Sounds like a fine idea to me, and should be very little work to
> implement.
>
> --
> - mdz
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:08:45 +0100
> From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Close bugs automatically from package changelogs
> To: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com,
>        launchpad-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20070531130845.GI10017 at alcor.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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> On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 03:52:59AM +0800, Alan Tam wrote:
> > Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > This will result in a comment on the bug which looks like this:
> > >
> > >   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rats/+bug/63561
> > >
> > Since launchpad is a portal towards our users, I think there is a
> > necessity to explain what is happening than a simple changelog like
> entry.
> >
> > For example, mysql has some standard templates to tell their users what
> > versions of the software has the bug fixed.
> > <http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=21345>
> > Similar text also appear in debian's bug tracker.
> > <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=234567>
> >
> > I am not for the idea of writing long paragraphs like in debian, but I
> > guess we should write a couple of sentences to explain the situation.
> >
> > Example text:
> >     Reinhard Tartler has fixed this bug in version 2.1-7ubuntu1 of the
> > rats source package and this bug is now marked as Fix Released. Please
> > comment at https://launchpad.net/bugs/63561 if you disagree.
>
> Sounds like a fine idea to me, and should be very little work to
> implement.
>
> --
> - mdz
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:10:03 +0100
> From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Close bugs automatically from package changelogs
> To: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <20070531131003.GJ10017 at alcor.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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> On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 09:22:26PM +0100, Marco Rodrigues wrote:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/malone/+bug/91925
> >
> > And how about this? That would be great to do big clean ups on LP =)
>
> Yes, it's a useful idea we've discussed for a while.
>
> It seems like a completely different matter, though, unrelated to the
> changelog functionality being discussed in this thread.  Or have I missed
> something?
>
> --
> - mdz
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 10:38:40 -0300
> From: salgado at async.com.br (Guilherme Salgado)
> Subject: Re: Brazilian official mirror not listed in launchpad
> To: Carlos Carvalho <carlos at fisica.ufpr.br>
> Cc: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <20070531133840.GA4821 at async.com.br>
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> Hi Carlos,
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 01:58:13PM -0300, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> > br.archive.ubuntu.com and br.releases.ubuntu.com are not listed in
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors. I tried to register the
> > mirror but it said it's already registered to c3sl/ufpr, which is
> > correct. So why don't we show up in the list?
> >
>
> Every day we run an automatic checker on all mirrors, to see if the mirror
> is accessible and what content it mirrors. Only mirrors which are
> accessible
> and have some content are included in that listing.
>
> In this case what happened was that the checker only got timeouts and 503
> responses [1] from br.archive.ubuntu.com on May 25th, thus causing it to
> be
> removed from that list. Right after that we had some issues and the
> checker
> didn't run until May 29th [2], so the mirror was kept out of that list for
> longer than it should. As you can see now, the mirror is showing up on
> that
> list again as it has succeded in the last three checks.
>
> BTW, we have a way of notifying mirror owners when the automatic check
> fail
> on their mirrors, but it's currently disabled. Would you like to receive
> these sorts of email notifications?
>
> [1]
> http://librarian.launchpad.net/7828319/br.archive.ubuntu.com-archive-probe-logfile.txt
> [2]
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+mirror/br.archive.ubuntu.com-archive/+prober-logs
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Guilherme Luis R. Salgado
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 10:57:04 -0300
> From: salgado at async.com.br (Guilherme Salgado)
> Subject: Re: freshness status of ubuntu mirrors in launchpad
> To: Carlos Carvalho <carlos at fisica.ufpr.br>
> Cc: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <20070531135704.GB4821 at async.com.br>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Hi Carlos,
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 06:44:02PM -0300, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> > In https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archivemirrors we see the freshness
> > status of ubuntu mirrors. However the information there doesn't seem
> > to be correct. For example, the C3SL/UFPR mirror in Brazil is
> > up-to-date, as shown by the entries in project/trace:
> >
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
> > sagres#~ftp/ubuntu/project/trace cat syowa.ubuntu.com
> > Tue May 29 11:26:02 UTC 2007
> > sagres#~ftp/ubuntu/project/trace cat br.archive.ubuntu.com
> > Tue May 29 11:42:24 UTC 2007
> >
> > We've been up-to-date for several days already.
> >
>
> The freshness is obtained from our automatic checker, which is run only
> once a day. Sometimes the checker is run a few minutes before the mirror
> is synced against archive.ubuntu.com, thus making the freshness innacurate
> shortly after the checker finishes. I don't think there's much we can do
> to alleviate this other than running the checker multiple times every day
> (something that may annoy some mirror admins and maybe even trigger
> anti-DoS scripts on some of them). If you have any ideas on how to improve
> that, please let us know. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Guilherme Luis R. Salgado
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:26:49 -0300
> From: carlos at fisica.ufpr.br (Carlos Carvalho)
> Subject: Re: Brazilian official mirror not listed in launchpad
> To: salgado at async.com.br (Guilherme Salgado)
> Cc: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <18014.56105.739520.218850 at fisica.ufpr.br>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Guilherme Salgado (salgado at async.com.br) wrote on 31 May 2007 10:38:
> >In this case what happened was that the checker only got timeouts and 503
> >responses [1] from br.archive.ubuntu.com on May 25th, thus causing it to
> be
> >removed from that list. Right after that we had some issues and the
> checker
> >didn't run until May 29th [2], so the mirror was kept out of that list
> for
> >longer than it should. As you can see now, the mirror is showing up on
> that
> >list again as it has succeded in the last three checks.
>
> Yes, I noticed. Thanks for the explanation.
>
> >BTW, we have a way of notifying mirror owners when the automatic check
> fail
> >on their mirrors, but it's currently disabled. Would you like to receive
> >these sorts of email notifications?
>
> Yes, please. Of course we notice when our machine stops working but
> the outside check is essential to point out network problems.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:32:13 -0300
> From: carlos at fisica.ufpr.br (Carlos Carvalho)
> Subject: Re: freshness status of ubuntu mirrors in launchpad
> To: salgado at async.com.br (Guilherme Salgado)
> Cc: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <18014.56429.163563.795394 at fisica.ufpr.br>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Guilherme Salgado (salgado at async.com.br) wrote on 31 May 2007 10:57:
> >The freshness is obtained from our automatic checker, which is run only
> >once a day. Sometimes the checker is run a few minutes before the mirror
> >is synced against archive.ubuntu.com, thus making the freshness
> innacurate
> >shortly after the checker finishes.
>
> In this case it should say one day behind at most but when I looked it
> was saying 3 days behind. That's why I complained. I've just checked
> again and it's one day, so it's normal now.
>
> >I don't think there's much we can do
> >to alleviate this other than running the checker multiple times every day
> >(something that may annoy some mirror admins and maybe even trigger
> >anti-DoS scripts on some of them). If you have any ideas on how to
> improve
> >that, please let us know. :)
>
> Once a day is fine for me.
>
> Thanks for the answers.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:26:30 -0700
> From: "Linda Pratt" <yteza2 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Ubuntu/Kubuntu
> To: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID:
>        <d480e9b20705311126x7ea2fe87y57065d8c4010d9d at mail.gmail.com>
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> What is the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu????? THANKS
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 19:35:53 +0100
> From: "Tiago Sousa" <tiagoboldt at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Ubuntu/Kubuntu
> To: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
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> Hi there, the main differences are that Ubuntu uses
> Gnome<http://www.gnome.org/>by default and Kubuntu uses
> KDE. <http://www.kde.org/>
> It's basically that.
>
> On 5/31/07, Linda Pratt <yteza2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What is the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu????? THANKS
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> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:47:09 -0700
> From: wm <wm at hevanet.com>
> Subject: Errors and error reporting
> To: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <1180648029.8768.8.camel at Ubuntu>
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> I've tried to use launchpad to report that:
> 1.  Evolution > Help > Help contents produces no response.
> 2.  F1 (should be the same) produces no response.
> 3.  No reason is given for either (lack of) behavior.
>
> Launchpad runs me in circles, repeatedly demands that I log in, and
> there is no reason given for that either.
>
> Perhaps the last problem has been resolved (if you receive this).
>
> Wm Sheppard
> wm at hevanet.com
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 11
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:00:54 -0400
> From: Curtis Hovey <curtis.hovey at canonical.com>
> Subject: Re: Errors and error reporting
> To: wm <wm at hevanet.com>
> Cc: launchpad-users at lists.canonical.com
> Message-ID: <1180648854.5990.378.camel at localhost>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 14:47 -0700, wm wrote:
> > I've tried to use launchpad to report that:
> > 1.  Evolution > Help > Help contents produces no response.
> > 2.  F1 (should be the same) produces no response.
> > 3.  No reason is given for either (lack of) behavior.
> >
> > Launchpad runs me in circles, repeatedly demands that I log in, and
> > there is no reason given for that either.
> >
> > Perhaps the last problem has been resolved (if you receive this).
>
> I cannot speak of the last problem, but see you have discovered an open
> bug in Evolution
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evolution/+bug/76004
>
> In the mean time, you can read the help document by opening help from
> the panel
>
> 1. System > Help & Support.
> 2. Search for evolution.
> 3. Choose the User Guide.
>
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> __Curtis C. Hovey_________
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