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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= Open RC Bugs in lenny =
+= Open RC Bugs in Lenny =
 
 These are bugs to consider at SIPB's [LennyBugs RC-bug-squashing hackathon] for Lenny.
 
@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
 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 =
 
@@ -66,10 +78,6 @@ Please read these reports and figure out what category they belong in.  Or make
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/installation-reports installation-reports]
 "cdrom: Most of the system's files have a future timestamp causing at least update/config problems."
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=451628 451628]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"Packages might enter the archive from security without source"
-
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=456037 456037]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/fenix fenix]
 "fenix: not 64 bit clean"
@@ -102,10 +110,6 @@ 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"
@@ -114,10 +118,6 @@ 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"
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/icedove icedove]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/splashy splashy]
 "splashy: Splashy fails to install due to missing default theme"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506152 506152]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libept0 should have priority important"
-
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506353 506353]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mailscanner mailscanner]
 "CVE-2008-5312/3: mailscanner might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack"
@@ -226,10 +222,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rtorrent rtorrent]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/libgnutls26 libgnutls26]
 "libgnutls26: 2.4.2-3 breaks OpenLDAP access"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506883 506883]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/tuxguitar tuxguitar]
-"tuxguitar: hard-codes dependencies on libraries"
-
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506977 506977]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release.debian.org release.debian.org]
 "FPC: copyright infringement in pre 2.2.2 sources"
@@ -274,6 +266,19 @@ 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)"
@@ -286,13 +291,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xbattbar-acpi xbattbar-acpi]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/yocto-reader yocto-reader]
 "Package installation results in license violation"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507675 507675]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"python2.5 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507678 507678]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libsqlite3-0 should have priority standard"
 
 [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507706 507706]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
@@ -302,67 +300,6 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdimage.debian.org cdimage.debian.org]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cryptsetup cryptsetup]
 "cryptsetup: Sometimes initrd ends up missing conf/conf.d/cryptroot file in it"
 
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507775 507775]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libkeyutils1 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507778 507778]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libldap-2.4-2 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507779 507779]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"[Priorities] libustr-1.0-1 -> standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507780 507780]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"python-sepolgen should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507783 507783]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libxml2 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507784 507784]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"python2.5-minimal should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507796 507796]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libisccfg40 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507797 507797]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libisccc40 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507798 507798]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libedit2 should have priority standard"
-
-[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507799 507799]
-in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
-"libgssglue1 must have priority standard"
-
-
-= 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 [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=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 [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 [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/mldonkey-server mldonkey-server]
 "mldonkey-server: mlnet does not start, logs syntax error in downloads.ini"
@@ -481,6 +418,10 @@ in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/release-notes release-notes]
 in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xbat xbat]
 "xbat: game elements do not display properly"
 
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506883 506883]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/tuxguitar tuxguitar]
+"tuxguitar: hard-codes dependencies on libraries"
+
 
 = Flamewars =
 
@@ -500,3 +441,70 @@ in auctex
 "auctex: reuses old logfile on emacsen upgrades, enabling symlink attack"
 
 
+= Ftpmaster bugs =
+
+These bugs are probably not good targets because the work involved with them is easy for either the maintainer or ftpmasters to fix.
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=451628 451628]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"Packages might enter the archive from security without source"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506152 506152]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libept0 should have priority important"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507675 507675]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"python2.5 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507678 507678]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libsqlite3-0 should have priority standard"
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507775 507775]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libkeyutils1 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507778 507778]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libldap-2.4-2 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507779 507779]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"[Priorities] libustr-1.0-1 -> standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507780 507780]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"python-sepolgen should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507783 507783]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libxml2 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507784 507784]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"python2.5-minimal should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507796 507796]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libisccfg40 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507797 507797]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libisccc40 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507798 507798]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libedit2 should have priority standard"
+
+[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507799 507799]
+in [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libgssglue1 must have priority standard"
+
+[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 [http://packages.debian.org/lenny/ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org]
+"libpci3 must have priority standard"
+