two bugs fixed in the debian package but not in 1.42

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:31 pm

For the first one, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=199461 . (fixed since the 1.360 debian package)

Then there's another patch being applied:

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--- zsnes-1.400.orig/src/video/2xsaiw.inc
+++ zsnes-1.400/src/video/2xsaiw.inc
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
         jz Bits565
 end2:
         mov eax, 1
-        jmp end
+        jmp end1
 Bits555:
          mov edx, 0x7BDE7BDE
          mov eax, colorMask
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@
          mov [eax], edx
          mov [eax+4], edx
          mov eax, 0
-         jmp end
+         jmp end1
 Bits565:
          mov edx, 0xF7DEF7DE
          mov eax, colorMask
@@ -1326,8 +1326,8 @@
          mov [eax], edx
          mov [eax+4], edx
          mov eax, 0
-         jmp end
-end:   
+         jmp end1
+end1:  
          pop edx
         mov esp, ebp
         pop ebp

Seems like it's just renaming the end label to end1. Why, I don't know.

It may be nice to check out http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=zsnes . These bugs doesn't look like they are important, but what do I know.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:45 am

DAMMIT. Wouldn't it be nice for THEM to come here and tell us they do stuff like this, don't you think ?

This behaviour pisses me so much.
I think I'm gonna add a special easter egg for debian only that makes zsnes explode all the ROMdir contents while saying "I'll give you a reason to feel special now BITCH".

Post by **Nach** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:56 pm

Thanks for the info. No idea what the point in the second one is though.

If anyone knows the Debian maintainer do me a favor and beat him up for us for not sending patches back. We shouldn't have to go through every distro's patch list. It's only proper if you fix our code to let us know.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:23 pm

To look on the bright side, we're now using the Debian's way to handle bug reports / feature requests.

I.e.: "We believe that the <bug you reported / feature you requested> is <fixed / done> in the latest version, which is due to be coded in the next years."

THUMBS UP DEBIAN

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:26 pm

Well, it's normal for users to report the bug to debian, since it could be a distribution issue and it would have no place here.

But yeah, usually, when the bug isn't distribution specific the maintainer do report upstream. Why wasn't it done this time, I don't know. The zsnes maintainer looks like he's really slow.

edit: about the second bug, the 1.337-4 changelog write "* Fix build with new NASM"

I guess some version of nasm failed with an end label? I did compile 1.42 with the latest nasm in testing without fixing that though and it worked.

Post by **Nach** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:31 pm

Looks very unprofessional to me.

For every single bug reported, I see he writes:

"We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of zsnes, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive"

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:35 pm

Hum... that's an automatic email, written when some script sees in a changelog a "closes: #xxxx" line. And when it says "we believe", it's more like "it's been fixed according to the changelog", it's not some wild guess.

Post by **Nach** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:41 pm

Based on the problems, it definitly is some wild guess.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:45 pm

Now, since a bot is impervious to the worst forms of net-torture (including granny pron and gay bukkake), what's the best way to retaliate ?

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:50 pm

Nach wrote:Based on the problems, it definitly is some wild guess.

The resolutions? Maybe they are. But don't blame it on the script, he's just doing its job :)

Post by **Nach** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:13 pm

I blame Debian as a whole. If you don't pass changes you made to main code back or see to it that your maintainers do, there's something wrong.

It's nice and all that Debian keeps their Distro rock solid, but there's other people out there too, and they would be nowhere if they didn't have 3rd parties writing software.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:15 pm

bztunk wrote:
Nach wrote:Based on the problems, it definitly is some wild guess.
The resolutions? Maybe they are. But don't blame it on the script, he's just doing its job

We're not blaming the script itself (well, I do, because the message is plain stupid), but the fact that a distro maintainer uses an automated script to reply to bug reports / feature requests regardless of development, without forwarding said reports/requests.
Add to that the automated message lulls users in a false sense of safety - it's already fixed (even if it's not) - and you have a major blunder here.

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:08 pm

grinvader wrote:Add to that the automated message lulls users in a false sense of safety - it's already fixed (even if it's not) - and you have a major blunder here.

Well, when you see the message appearing, it *is* fixed, if you get the latest debian package.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:34 pm

grinvader wrote:Now, since a bot is impervious to the worst forms of net-torture (including granny pron and gay bukkake), what's the best way to retaliate ?

Off Topic: Maybe if you send enough mails containing granny porn and gay bukkake it will make the server burst into flames.

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:23 pm

bztunk wrote:Well, when you see the message appearing, it *is* fixed, if you get the latest debian package.

Maybe so, but the message is a blatant lie. It is NOT fixed in the latest ZSNES version.

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:12 pm

grinvader wrote:Maybe so, but the message is a blatant lie. It is NOT fixed in the latest ZSNES version.

It is... in the debian archive.

If you look at the way the confirmation email is send, you can't really send it only when it's fixed in the "real" zsnes, since it's done by reading the debian changelog.