Bug#509582: still puszed how a non maintainer handled the criticity while not responding to problem

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mardi 23 décembre 2008 à 19:47 +0100, Eric Valette a écrit :
> > 2) This bug is not critical. This severity means “breaks the whole
> > system” or “root security hole”. This bug:
> 
> NO NO NO: breaks unrelated software. Look at the criteria given using
> reportbug!

Which unrelated software does it break?

> >       * only occurs on systems with legacy locale settings
> >       * doesn’t occur all the time, unless you are always using
> >         MALLOC_CHECK_=2
> 
> On experimental libc, apprently this is default. I do not set it
> manually and it is not set in my environment.

I didn’t know that. It’s indeed a reason to increase the severity, but
not to insult people, and certainly not to make it critical.

> >       * has an easy workaround: G_FILENAME_ENCODING=utf-8 (or just use a
> >         working locale, damnit)
> 
> I use the locale I xant fuck!

Fine. And if your system doesn’t work correctly because of your poor
locale choice, that’s not my problem.

> >       * doesn’t affect at all the rest of the system
> 
> Yes it does it break thunderbird and mozilla! I'm not even sure you
> tried to reproduce it with the correct package versions...

They are very related.

> >       * it *may* have a security impact, but very low, since you’d have
> >         to convince the user to save a specially crafted filename and to
> >         open it later.
> 
> You have an know memory corrution problem. Security breach is near...

Please read what I wrote and come back when you have an idea of how
security breaches happen.

> > 6) Don’t treat maintainers like idiots if you want them to handle your
> > minor bug reports in the future.
> 
> You do not treat bugs! You do nothing no even tell me what LANG /locales
> settings I should use. So instead of helping me you are just saying I'm
> an idiot. So do not expect any respect from my side!

Listen: I have read your messages, written in a very bad English and
using a bad tone, instead of simply going to make my Christmas shopping.
I have analyzed the issue, found why it happens, and reported it
upstream. I have not produced a patch yet because it is a non-trivial
issue that can’t be fixed with a magic wand. And yet you say that I
don’t treat bugs.

After seeing your reaction to all the time I have already spent on your
bug, I can only tell you to go find a Sodomotron 3000 and see if it is
more willing to help you than me.

> If you do not think it is a bug I say it prevent me to work normally and
> was introduced by the experimental package version.
> 
> Go away from debian maintenance if you do not want to fix bugs!

I do not wish to spend my time fixing bugs for only being rewarded with
insults.

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