{"id":295,"date":"2008-06-15T18:41:28","date_gmt":"2008-06-15T16:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucas-nussbaum.net\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2008-07-04T10:11:31","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T08:11:31","slug":"ubuntu-information-on-the-debian-package-tracking-system-and-the-developer-packages-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucas-nussbaum.net\/blog\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu information on the Debian Package Tracking System and the Developer Packages Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Users of Debian derivatives sometimes report bugs that are not reported in the
\nDebian BTS, but that also affect Debian. It already happened a few times that
\nlooking at the Ubuntu bugs for my packages allowed me to fix an unreported bug
\nin my Debian packages.<\/p>\n

But it’s difficult to keep track of the status of our packages in Ubuntu, since
\nLaunchpad doesn’t provide a per-Debian-maintainer summary. Since it’s always fun to abuse proprietary software, I fetched all the bug data from Launchpad and inserted it in an SQLite DB (takes about 30 mins at 1200 HTTP requests\/minute — it would be so much easier if the Launchpad devs added a text export of all bugs).<\/p>\n

The result is that there’s now an “Ubuntu” box on the Packages Tracking System<\/b>, giving the current version in Ubuntu, a link to the Ubuntu patch (if any), and the number of open bugs. An Ubuntu column has also been added to the Debian Developer Packages Overview<\/b> by Christoph Berg, with the current version in Ubuntu and the number of open bugs. It’s hidden by default: click on Display Configuration to enable it (then it’s stored in a cookie).<\/p>\n

I hope that this will help Debian maintainers to track what has been reported\/fixed in Ubuntu. Also, if other Debian derivatives want to export the same kind of information, don’t hesitate to contact us.<\/p>\n

See for example:<\/p>\n