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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+= Open RC Bugs in Lenny =
+
+These are bugs to consider at SIPB's [LennyBugs RC-bug-squashing hackathon] for Lenny.
+
 Bug list dumped early 2008-12-12.  The pipeline was
  `$ cd /mit/debathena/debian-bts && ./get_bugs | sort | ./bugs-format-trac`
 
@@ -5,17 +9,31 @@ Please sort into useful/not useful, add notes, etc.
 
 = Juicy? =
 
+Try these!
+
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=374644 374644] in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-ui xine-ui]
 "xine-ui: ctrl/shift key press emulation implementation broken"
-(Note: have patch but it's broken.  Test?  Find a fix?)
+[[BR]](Note: have patch but it's broken.  Test?  Find a fix?)
 
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426465 426465]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
+"/init exports MODPROBE_OPTIONS=-qb"
+[[BR]](Note: real bug report is near bottom.)
 
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476525 476525]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
+"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
+[[BR]](Note: have patch, looks messy, looks like not-too-hard bug to fix well.)
 
-= Unclassified =
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
+"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
+[[BR]](Note: bug report, little followup.  Test, reproduce, debug, fix.)
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323473 323473]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wnpp wnpp]
-"ITA: mol-drivers-linux -- The Mac-on-Linux emulator - drivers for Linux"
+
+= Specific hardware =
+
+If you have the relevant hardware you could help a lot.
 
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394963 394963]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
@@ -25,9 +43,36 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
 "cdrom: Etch does not detect CD-ROM on Acer Aspire 7100"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426465 426465]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/initramfs-tools initramfs-tools]
-"/init exports MODPROBE_OPTIONS=-qb"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478717 478717]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ruby1.9 ruby1.9]
+"ruby1.9: FTBFS on hppa: make[1]: *** [all] Segmentation fault"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499078 499078]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/jfsutils jfsutils]
+"jfsutils: Bus Error when running fsck.jfs on sparc"
+
+= Examples =
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496954 496954]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bind9 bind9]
+"bind9: Fails to start due to SIGSEGV"
+[[BR]]This bug sat unfixed for months.  Then someone attacked it in a bug-squashing party,
+got the first reproducible testcase, and sent that upstream, which swiftly produced a fix.
+
+
+= Puzzling =
+
+Someone please explain what's going on (Debian Project-wise) in these bugs.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323473 323473]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wnpp wnpp]
+"ITA: mol-drivers-linux -- The Mac-on-Linux emulator - drivers for Linux"
+[[BR]](Note: The bug is for someone to take over maintainership.  They did.  Then when the bug gets automatically archived, they reply saying to keep it?  I (price) don't understand.)
+
+
+= Unclassified =
+
+Please read these reports and figure out what category they belong in.  Or make a new category.
 
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=436140 436140]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
@@ -41,30 +86,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix]
 "fenix: not 64 bit clean"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475737 475737]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/otrs2 otrs2]
-"otrs2 - makes files in /usr writable by non-root"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475958 475958]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
-"document procedure to recover from "/dev/hda became /dev/sda" boot failure"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476210 476210]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xbat xbat]
-"xbat: game elements do not display properly"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476525 476525]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-hid python-hid]
-"python-hid: hid module will not import since python policy transition"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478717 478717]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ruby1.9 ruby1.9]
-"ruby1.9: FTBFS on hppa: make[1]: *** [all] Segmentation fault"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=481072 481072]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/dk-filter dk-filter]
-"dk-filter reliably crashes upon connection from postfix"
-
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490171 490171]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
 "rtorrent: random crash"
@@ -93,10 +114,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mdadm mdadm]
 "mdadm segfault on --assemble --force with raid10"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496954 496954]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/bind9 bind9]
-"bind9: Fails to start due to SIGSEGV"
-
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497471 497471]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
 "sarge images have syslinux binaries without source"
@@ -105,10 +122,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 "longstanding DFSG violations in linux-2.6 package"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499078 499078]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/jfsutils jfsutils]
-"jfsutils: Bus Error when running fsck.jfs on sparc"
-
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=500460 500460]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/oss-compat oss-compat]
 "oss-compat: modules are not loaded"
@@ -265,6 +278,19 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/amule-daemon amule-daemon]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/smarty smarty]
 "smarty: Non-free logo included in package"
 
+
+= Fresh bugs =
+
+These are very recent and presumably will get dealt with by the package maintainers without help.
+
+If you're bored you might look through and see if some are interesting anyway.  Also feel free to draw the line at some other time; I (price) picked December 1, arbitrarily.
+
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239111 239111]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/grub grub]
+"Freeze when installing GRUB on XFS boot partition"
+[[BR]](Note: just re-opened 2008-12-12)
+
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507558 507558]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/hibernate hibernate]
 "ignores "LockXLock yes" setting in /etc/hibernate/common.conf (e.g. does not lock the screen)"
@@ -333,103 +359,148 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 "libgssglue1 must have priority standard"
 
-= Mostly solved? =
-
-These look like good progress is being made and they'll get fixed soon.
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332782 332782] in release-notes
-"release-notes: Where's the license?" (Note: they have a license and have gotten most contributors to ack it, and seem to think they'll finish.)
-
-
-= Fresh bugs =
-
-These are very recent and presumably will get dealt with by the package maintainers without help.
-
-If you're bored you might look through and see if some are interesting anyway.  Also feel free to draw the line at some other time.
-
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=239111 239111] in grub
-"Freeze when installing GRUB on XFS boot partition"
-(Note: just re-opened 2008-12-12)
-
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507800 507800] in ftp.debian.org
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507800 507800]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 "ucf must have priority standard"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507801 507801] in ftp.debian.org
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507801 507801]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 "libpci3 must have priority standard"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507818 507818] in mldonkey-server
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507818 507818]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mldonkey-server mldonkey-server]
 "mldonkey-server: mlnet does not start, logs syntax error in downloads.ini"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507865 507865] in openoffice.org-writer
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507865 507865]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-writer]
 "openoffice.org-writer: OOo 2.4.x openinig OOo 3 files doesn't show text (2.x implements standard wrong)"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507883 507883] in asterisk
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507883 507883]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/asterisk asterisk]
 "asterisk: Very frequent segfaults on startup"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507889 507889] in mdadm
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507889 507889]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mdadm mdadm]
 "mdadm: initramfs-tools script is broken, system with root on RAID won't boot"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507915 507915] in povray
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507915 507915]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/povray povray]
 "Povray unusable with non-ascii filenames"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507927 507927] in acpi-support
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507927 507927]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/acpi-support acpi-support]
 "Fix suspend-resume in Thinkpad R50e (intel 855gm card)"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507944 507944] in xwhois
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507944 507944]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xwhois xwhois]
 "xwhois: segfaults on start in get_servers()"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507947 507947] in moodle
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507947 507947]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/moodle moodle]
 "moodle: html2text.php is not DFSG-free"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507996 507996] in uim-tcode
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507996 507996]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/uim-tcode uim-tcode]
 "mazegaki conversion cannot be used"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508026 508026] in phppgadmin
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508026 508026]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/phppgadmin phppgadmin]
 "phpPgAdmin: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508091 508091] in tuxguitar
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508091 508091]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/tuxguitar tuxguitar]
 "maintainer address bounces"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508124 508124] in python-m2crypto
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508124 508124]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-m2crypto python-m2crypto]
 "Yum crashes when setting-up a CentOS chroot OS"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508133 508133] in libmad0
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508133 508133]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libmad0 libmad0]
 "audacity: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x00000000026f4eb0"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508194 508194] in sun-java5
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508194 508194]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sun-java5 sun-java5]
 "sun-java5: New upstream release fixes several security issues"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508257 508257] in twiki
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508257 508257]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/twiki twiki]
 "CVE-2008-5305: TWiki SEARCH variable allows arbitrary shell command execution"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508265 508265] in sysprof-module-source
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508265 508265]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sysprof-module-source sysprof-module-source]
 "sysprof-module-source: doesn't compile on AMD64 arch (wrong register names)"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508272 508272] in gnome-splashscreen-manager
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508272 508272]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/gnome-splashscreen-manager gnome-splashscreen-manager]
 "gnome-splashscreen-manager: Refuses to start, undefined symbol: gtk_file_system_error_quark"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508313 508313] in xine-lib
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508313 508313]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xine-lib xine-lib]
 "xine-lib: CVE-2008-5234 heap overflow in atom parsing"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508322 508322] in wodim
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508322 508322]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/wodim wodim]
 "wodim: Cannot load media.  Cannot init drive."
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508324 508324] in ftp.debian.org
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508324 508324]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
 "ftp.debian.org: gcc-4.2-base is not really required"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508351 508351] in open-iscsi
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508351 508351]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/open-iscsi open-iscsi]
 "open-iscsi: will not install, looking for missing /sys/module/scsi_transport_iscsi/version file"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508434 508434] in ipmitool
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508434 508434]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ipmitool ipmitool]
 "ipmitool: Several init script problems due to wrong pidfile name"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508443 508443] in imagemagick
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508443 508443]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/imagemagick imagemagick]
 "convert crash on sparc during compilation of djvulibre (work on x86-64)"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508480 508480] in iodbc
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508480 508480]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/iodbc iodbc]
 "iodbc: Segfaults when asking for the available DSNs"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508510 508510] in debget
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508510 508510]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/debget debget]
 "Can't parse packages.debian.org output anymore"
+
+
+= Mostly solved? =
+
+These look like good progress is being made and they'll get fixed soon.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332782 332782]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
+"release-notes: Where's the license?"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475958 475958]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
+"document procedure to recover from "/dev/hda became /dev/sda" boot failure"
+[[BR]](Note: looks done, just not closed.)
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476210 476210]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xbat xbat]
+"xbat: game elements do not display properly"
+
+
+= Flamewars =
+
+You might enjoy reading these, but they may not be good targets to fix.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475737 475737]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/otrs2 otrs2]
+"otrs2 - makes files in /usr writable by non-root"
+
+
+= Would have been fun =
+
+Entertaining to read but sadly already fixed.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506961 506961]
+in auctex
+"auctex: reuses old logfile on emacsen upgrades, enabling symlink attack"
+
+