* merged from apt--mvo

[apt.git] / doc / Bugs

diff --git a/doc/Bugs b/doc/Bugs
index 633137202707f0e65f1a53ab483dff788f72a884..deb7334db74ebd8d8b36ccf6c080ed07d0774c87 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/Bugs
+++ b/doc/Bugs
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
  Status: Require Status file. 
 #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
  Status: Requires dpkg modifications
  Status: Require Status file. 
 #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
  Status: Requires dpkg modifications

-#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors
- Summary: Make use of redundant sources
- Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.

 #25104: APT should retry failed downloads
  Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
 #25104: APT should retry failed downloads
  Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism


@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@
  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a 
           removable media for another computer
  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a 
           removable media for another computer
  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point

-         that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
+         that it is doable by using a separate configuration file and

         the -c option
 #27601: srange errors from dselect
  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
         the -c option
 #27601: srange errors from dselect
  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source


@@ -137,7 +134,25 @@
 #22892: Apt improvements
  Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found
  Status: Fixed in v3
 #22892: Apt improvements
  Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found
  Status: Fixed in v3

- 
+#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors
+ Summary: Make use of redundant sources
+ Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
+#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
+ Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
+ Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
+         by the apt-query program which should be written.
+         Use the dselect script, alias or something.
+#26663: rsync file access
+ Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
+         a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode' 
+        support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
+        via http) 
+#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
+ Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
+         Honors the NotAutomatic flag
+#30643: base: apt-get update problems with http-/ftp-caches (i.e. squid)
+ Status: Fixed as best I can. Try the Acquire::http::No-Cache option.
+

 -- Silly things
 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 #29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command
 -- Silly things
 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 #29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command


@@ -151,18 +166,8 @@
 #23934: apt-get source <package>
 #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
  Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
 #23934: apt-get source <package>
 #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
  Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.

-#26663: rsync file access
- Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
-         a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode' 
-        support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
-        via http) 

 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y

-#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental

  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning

-#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
- Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
- Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
-         by the apt-query program which should be written.

 #30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz
  Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers
           to use the archive index files
 #30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz
  Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers
           to use the archive index files