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A very frequently asked question in mailing list is, whether
program_xy
can be integrated into a Custom Debian Distribution.
As long as there is an official package of this program it is an easy task.
But mostly users ask for software which is not yet integrated into Debian.
There is a detailed
description
how anybody can ask for including a certain piece of
software into Debian. It explains how to use the program
reportbug
for this purpose.
If you use wnpp sanely you can even tag this bug for the intended purpose to
include it in a certain Custom Debian Distribution. This was described in
a
mail of Anthony Towns
and the Debian
wiki
. It was also described in a mail of
Ben Armstrong
and in short works like this:
Add an usertag to an existing bug by sending to request@bugs.debian.org a mail containing
user <email> usertag <bug number> + wnpp <meta-package name>
, where email is the electronic address of the person or mailing list which coordinates the relevant Custom Debian Distribution.
For instance if you want to tag an ITP with big number #123456 for Debian-Med
section biology you would send the following mail to request@bugs.debian.org
:
user debian-med@lists.debian.org usertag 123456 + wnpp med-bio thanks
Note: Because the search is case sensitive please always use lower case tags!
To search for WNPP bugs of a certain Custom Debian Distribution just visit the URL
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=wnpp;users=email
Debian has a very useful Bug Tracking System (BTS) but unfortunately users seldom know about this fact and how to use it right. This is the reason why users sometimes become angry about errors because they do not know what to do next and just install a different distribution instead of trying to solve the problem.
A detailed explanation how
to report errors
is helpful in these cases. While the program
reportbug
fetches other reports from BTS before creating the bug
report it is always a good idea to search http://bugs.debian.org/_package_
for
known problems and probably suggested solutions before calling
reportbug
.
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Custom Debian Distributions
23 December 2008tille@debian.org