doc/Bugs

   1 -- Real Problems
   2 #24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0
   3  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package
   4  Status: Require Status file.
   5 #27601: srange errors from dselect
   6  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
   7  Status: Require status file
   8 #26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
   9  Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
  10           Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
  11  Status: I have no idea why.
  12 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
  13  Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
  14          file
  15 #24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh
  16  Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long
  17  Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable
  18          caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing
  19          the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would
  20          completely disable the cache which may not be desired.
  21 #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
  22  Status: Requires dpkg modifications
  23 #25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
  24  Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
  25          though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
  26          0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
  27          configurable..
  28 #25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
  29  Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
  30          parameters
  31 #22892: Apt improvements
  32  Summary: Make use of redundant sources
  33  Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
  34 #24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
  35  Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
  36  Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
  37          be put there.
  38 #25104: APT should retry failed downloads
  39  Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
  40  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  41          to control this desired behavoir.
  42 #25176: Problem with FTP/firewall
  43 #25458: Problem with FTP/firewall
  44  Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls
  45  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  46          to control this desired behavoir.
  47
  48 -- Fixed but unclosed things
  49 #25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
  50 #22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
  51  Summary: Feature request
  52  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
  53 #21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
  54  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
  55 #22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
  56 #22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
  57  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
  58           removable media for another computer
  59  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
  60          that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
  61          the -c option
  62
  63 -- Silly things
  64 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
  65  Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command
  66  Status: Probably not worth fixing
  67 #20723: Apt suggestion
  68  Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism
  69  Status: Who knows
  70 #22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier
  71  Status: Who knows
  72 #23934: apt-get source <package>
  73 #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
  74  Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
  75 #26019: apt may report wrong line speed
  76 #26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
  77  Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
  78           calculations
  79  Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
  80 #26663: rsync file access
  81  Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
  82          a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode'
  83          support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
  84          via http)
  85 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
  86 #27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
  87  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
  88 #25019: apt: Confusing progress report
  89  Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
  90  Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
  91          The GUI will naturally be better
  92 #25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
  93  Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
  94  Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
  95          probably won't make the GUI either.