On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 5:06 PM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 09. 08. 19 16:29, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-08-09 at 15:50 +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote:
>> Next time, I hope that FTBFS bugs for critical component are actually actively
>> solved sooner than the retirement happens. We can try to be more aggressive
with
>> the reminders, but I don't know if that helps, because even currently,
packages
>> just switch the Bugzilla to ASSIGNED to stop them.
>
> If you send direct emails to package owner specifying what package is
> broken maybe yes.
>
> If you send multikilobyte emails generically stating FTBFS and parse
> yourself this list of 1000 packages to see if one is yours, then no,
> they go to trash directly.
Patches welcome :D Even now, the reminders are semiautomatical and painful.
Sending direct e-mail is impossible without proper automation. And it seems all
our automation from years ago is now nonfunctional.
FWIW, python3-mailmerge might be useful here as the email would be
direct, personalized, and not subject to filters around BZ mail.
regards,
bex