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Help needed for DeFuBu

jd — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:26:00 +0200

I'm currently quite busy and I don't have time to manage a vote for the DeFuBu contest. I am already 2 months late for this.

I am hereby requesting some help to organise the vote. I have a list of people/bug number and you should only put this formatted and find people to vote for, and then calculate the ranking. I'll do the rest. So please contact me if you have some spare time.

DeFuBu contest #8

jd — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:48:41 +0000

Welcome to this 8th issue of the DeFuBu contest, the almost monthly championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Pierre Tramo with #409352 (mplayer_1.0~rc1-12.diff.gz is CHAOTIC)
Christian Perrier with #230485 (apache2/ssl-cert's debconf abuse makes baby jesus cry)
Jeroen van Wolffelaar with #409637 (tasksel: [INTL:eo] kelkaj korektoj pri la esperanta traduko.)
Steve Langasek with #410605 (dpkg: bzip2 code in compression.c incorrectly uses zlib define (Z_ERRNO))
Josh Triplett with #412460 (magicor-data: Penguins don't have teeth) and #398276 (xdm: don't bundle turning on sit0 irradiating me all day)
Mike Hommey with #413660 (RFP: mozilla-firefox -- Mozilla's firefox package is required in non-free) and #413714 (iceweasel: {overflow:hidden} ugly chopping characters in half)

How the vote has been done

Four Debian related people voted, Raphael Hertzog, Jeroen van Wolffelaar, Ana Guerrero and Margarita Manterola.

Full ranking

Bugs

#409637 (tasksel: [INTL:eo] kelkaj korektoj pri la esperanta traduko.) (34 points)
#412460 (magicor-data: Penguins don't have teeth) (29 points)
#230485 (apache2/ssl-cert's debconf abuse makes baby jesus cry) (26 points)
#398276 (xdm: don't bundle turning on sit0 irradiating me all day) (23 points)
#410605 (dpkg: bzip2 code in compression.c incorrectly uses zlib define (Z_ERRNO)) (16 points)
#409352 (mplayer_1.0~rc1-12.diff.gz is CHAOTIC) (15 points)
#413660 (RFP: mozilla-firefox -- Mozilla's firefox package is required in non-free) (14 points)
#413714 (iceweasel: {overflow:hidden} ugly chopping characters in half) (3 points)

Challengers

Josh Triplett with (52 points with 2 bugs)
Jeroen van Wolffelaar (34 points with 1 bug)
Christian Perrier (26 points with 1 bug)
Mike Hommey with (17 points with 2 bugs)
Steve Langasek (16 points with 1 bug)
Pierre Tramo (15 points with 1 bug)

The winners

Bug: #409637 (tasksel: [INTL:eo] kelkaj korektoj pri la esperanta traduko.)
Challenger: Josh Triplett
Bug reporter: Serge Leblanc
Voter: Raphael Hertzog with unordered tiercé: #412460, #409637 and #230485

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number or a request to vote, or anything that may help.

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DeFuBu contest #7

jd — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:44:17 +0000

Welcome to this 7th issue of the DeFuBu contest, the monthly championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Loic Minier with #407127 (evolution: Dates before 1970 not supported, e.g. for birthdays) and #408989 (epiphany-browser: bugzilla.gnome.org inaccessible)
Sune Vuorela with #407849 (script for /usr/bin/preloadkde) and #409310 (kmines: Can cheat the timer)
Josh Triplett with #404915 (iceweasel: Icon resembles booger)
Jeroen van Wolffelaar with #408424 (apache2: "It works!")
Florent Bayle with #408524 (If I play piano while my computer starts up, /dev/dsp disappears !)
Christian Perrier with #408482 (xserver-xorg: please map French Canadian (cf) to Canada (ca) layout)
Frans Pop with #409018 (base: /etc/ld.so.nohwcap missing)

How the vote has been done

Four Debian related people voted for these bugs, Emmanuel Bouthenot, Mohammed Adnène Trojette, Julien Louis and Jade Alglave.

Full ranking

Bugs

#408989 (epiphany-browser: bugzilla.gnome.org inaccessible) (28 points)
#408524 (If I play piano while my computer starts up, /dev/dsp disappears !) (21 points)
#407849 (script for /usr/bin/preloadkde) and #408424 (apache2: "It works!") (18 points)
#407127 (evolution: Dates before 1970 not supported, e.g. for birthdays) (17 points)
#404915 (iceweasel: Icon resembles booger) and #408482 (xserver-xorg: please map French Canadian (cf) to Canada (ca) layout) (11 points)
#409310 (kmines: Can cheat the timer) (10 points)
#409018 (base: /etc/ld.so.nohwcap missing) (10 points)

Challengers

Loic Minier (45 points with 2 bugs)
Florent Bayle with (21 points with 1 bug)
Sune Vuorela (28 points with 2 bugs)
Jeroen van Wolffelaar (18 points with 1 bug)
Christian Perrier and Josh Triplett (11 points with 1 bug)
Frans Pop (10 points with 1 bug)

The winners

Bug: #408989 (epiphany-browser: bugzilla.gnome.org inaccessible)
Challenger: Loic Minier
Bug reporter: Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
Voter: Emmanuel Bouthenot with two first bugs correct: #408524, #408989

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number.

About DeFuBu

DeFuBu contest #6

jd — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:02:08 +0000

Welcome to this 6th issue of the DeFuBu contest, the monthly (even if I'm late) championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Gürkan Sengün with #270877 (wmaker: I can't swallow windows)
Christoph Berg with #402976 (espdiff: useless manpage)
Cyril Brulebois with #403379 (mplayer: segfault while reading an mpeg file)
Sune Vuorela with #405464 (qt3-dev-tools: QMAKE_INCDIR_QT is wrong in qmake.conf files)

How the vote has been done

Three Debian related people voted for these bugs, Mohammed Adnène Trojette, Pierre Habouzit and Florent Bayle

Full ranking

Bugs

#403379 (mplayer: segfault while reading an mpeg file) (6 points)
#402976 (espdiff: useless manpage) (5 points)
#405464 (qt3-dev-tools: QMAKE_INCDIR_QT is wrong in qmake.conf files) (4 points)
#270877 (wmaker: I can't swallow windows) (3 points)

Challengers

Cyril Brulebois (6 points with 1 bug)
Christoph Berg (5 points with 1 bug)
Sune Vuorela (4 points with 1 bug)
Gürkan Sengün (3 points with 1 bug)

The winners

Bug: #403379 (mplayer: segfault while reading an mpeg file) (6 points)
Challenger: Cyril Brulebois
Bug reporter: Aurelien Jarno
Voter: Florent Bayle with the full good order !

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number.

About DeFuBu

DeFuBu contest #5

jd — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:37:38 +0000

Welcome to this 5th issue of the DeFuBu contest, the monthly championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Pierre Habouzit with #395522 (whitelister terminates immediately)
Josselin Mouette with #396247 (sound-juicer: weird playback if disk is ejected)
Christian Perrier with #396223 (gnome-applets-data: Colorado Springs listed as "Colourado Springs" in British English)
Joey Hess with #393846 (wave at a webcam to overwrite file)
Michael Ablassmeier with #397646 (exim4-config: reportbug mail issue)

How the vote has been done

Four Debian related people voted for these bugs, Philipp Kern, Julien Louis, Cyril Brulebois and David Pashley.

Full ranking

Bugs

#393846 (wave at a webcam to overwrite file) (with 12 points)
#396223 (gnome-applets-data: Colorado Springs listed as "Colourado Springs" in British English) (with 10 points)
#396247 (sound-juicer: weird playback if disk is ejected) (with 9 points)
#397646 (exim4-config: reportbug mail issue) (with 9 points)
#395522 (whitelister terminates immediately) (with 3 points)

Challengers

Joey Hess (12 points with 1 bug)
Christian Perrier (10 points with 1 bug)
Michael Ablassmeier (9 points with 1 bug) and Josselin Mouette (9 points with 1 bug)
Pierre Habouzit (3 points with 1 bug)

The winners

Bug: #393846 (wave at a webcam to overwrite file) (with 12 points)
Challenger: Joey Hess
Bug reporter: Joey Hess
Voter: David Pashley with the nearest ordered tiercé: #393846, #396223 and #397646.

Congratulations to Joey Hess, two victories in a row

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number.

About DeFuBu

DeFuBu contest #4

jd — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:16:52 +0000

Welcome to this 4th issue of the DeFuBu contest, the monthly championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Pierre Habouzit with #316531 (apt-listchanges: closes regex too strict), #390794 (apache2-mpm-prefork: /usr/sbin/apache2 not executable) and #393149 (uae: cannot open display)
kolter with #390263 (uswsusp: "Linux" not capitalized in package description)
Julien Louis with #31581 (project: Time between releases is too long) and #393083 (Hijacked website)''
David Pashley with #393511 (irssi should notice when you are typing something in the wrong channel)

How the vote has been done

Four Debian related people voted for these bugs, Philipp Kern, Florent Bayle, Cyril Brulebois and Gregory Colpart.
Mohammed Adnène Trojette should vote quicker next time.

Full ranking

Bugs

#393511 (irssi should notice when you are typing something in the wrong channel) (21 points)
#393083 (Hijacked website)'' (19 points)
#31581 (project: Time between releases is too long) (13 points)
#390794 (apache2-mpm-prefork: /usr/sbin/apache2 not executable) (13 points)
#316531 (apt-listchanges: closes regex too strict) (9 points)
#390263 (uswsusp: "Linux" not capitalized in package description) (5 points)
#393149 (uae: cannot open display) (4 points)

Challengers

Julien Louis (32 points with 2 bugs)
Pierre Habouzit (26 points with 3 bugs)
David Pashley (21 points with 1 bug)
kolter (5 points with 1 bug)

The winners

Bug: #393511 (irssi should notice when you are typing something in the wrong channel) (21 points)
Challenger: Julien Louis
Bug reporter: Jason Spiro
Voter: Florent Bayle with the nearest non-ordered quarté: #393083, #393511, #390794, #31581

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number.

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DeFuBu needs you

jd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:10:05 +0000

I did not find anyone to vote for this month DeFuBu, mail me if you want to!

DeFuBu contest #3

jd — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:26:54 +0000

Welcome to this 3rd issue of the DeFuBu contest, the monthly championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Benjamin E. Seidenberg with #330031 (cogito is too much fun)
Josselin Mouette with #385063 (python-gtk2: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation in pygtk.py and __init__.py) and #256039 ('nicotine' in 'top' makes me want to smoke)
Clément Stenac with #385561 (konsole crashed after my cat jumped on the mouse)
Gregory Colpart with #313492 (xscreensaver/GLSnake has sexually inappropriate imagery)
Julien Louis with #387832 (init: no have idea :/ error on system)

How the vote has been done

Four Debian related people voted for these bugs: Pierre Machard, Pierre Habouzit, Florent Bayle and Mohammed Adnène Trojette.
Samuel Hocevar did not vote because he was not paid for it.

Full ranking

Bugs

#385561 (konsole crashed after my cat jumped on the mouse) (17 points)
#256039 ('nicotine' in 'top' makes me want to smoke) (15 points)
#330031 (cogito is too much fun) (10 points)
#387832 (init: no have idea :/ error on system) (9 points)
#313492 (xscreensaver/GLSnake has sexually inappropriate imagery) (7 points)
#385063 (python-gtk2: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation in pygtk.py and __init__.py) (2 points)

Challengers

Clément Stenac (17 points in one bug)
Josselin Mouette (17 points in two bugs)
Benjamin E. Seidenberg (10 points)
Julien Louis (9 points)
Gregory Colpart (7 points)

The winners

Bug: #385561 (konsole crashed after my cat jumped on the mouse) (17 points)
Challenger: Clément Stenac
Bug reporter: Nicolas Caval
Voter: Florent Bayle with the nearest non-ordered tiercé: #385561, #330031, #256039

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number.

About DeFuBu

DeFuBu contest #2

jd — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:51:42 +0000

Welcome to this 2nd issue of the DeFuBu contest, the monthly championship of the funniest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Julien Danjou with #360285 (ITP: libjoey -- forks itself and does several things at the same time), #102434 (gpm: reverse marking) and #178290 (grave problems when badly mixed with irda)
Pierre Habouzit with #379912 (kodo: Incorrectly described as useless)
Julien Goodwin with #318229 (XOrg package is controlled by a woman disrespectful of men (which make up the vast majority of debian developers))
Frans Pop with #258723 (vim: replace ${shlibs:Depends] in debian/control)
Daniel Burrows with #331210 (aptitude maintainer should do bug DB clean-up and/or bug merging)
Andres Salomon with #236874 (xscreensaver: pacman screensaver plays game incorrectly)
Loic Minier with #382014 (can't fly to girlfriend) and #375789 (gnome-osd: information leakage when screensaver is active)
Florent Bayle with #381978 (debian-installer: etch d-i installs an antique mouse cursor)
Julien Louis with #382181 (nmap is a clairvoyant)
Cyril Lacoux with #373142 (apt-get install spamc on testing removes sarge kernel image)

How the vote has been done

Five Debian related people voted for these bugs: Roland Mas, Alexis Sukrieh, Clément Stenac, kolter and Yves-Alexis Perez.

Full ranking

Bugs

#360285 (ITP: libjoey -- forks itself and does several things at the same time) (52 points)
#102434 (gpm: reverse marking) (44 points)
#236874 (xscreensaver: pacman screensaver plays game incorrectly) (43 points)
#258723 (vim: replace ${shlibs:Depends] in debian/control) (37 points)
#331210 (aptitude maintainer should do bug DB clean-up and/or bug merging) (33 points)
#382014 (can't fly to girlfriend) (31 points)
#373142 (apt-get install spamc on testing removes sarge kernel image) (29 points)
#379912 (kodo: Incorrectly described as useless) and #382181 (nmap is a clairvoyant) (26 points)
#381978 (debian-installer: etch d-i installs an antique mouse cursor) (15 points)
#318229 (XOrg package is controlled by a woman disrespectful of men (which make up the vast majority of debian developers)) (22 points)
#178290 (grave problems when badly mixed with irda) and #375789 (gnome-osd: information leakage when screensaver is active) (13 points)

Challengers

Julien Danjou (109 points)
Loic Minier (44 points)
Andres Salomon (43 points)
Frans Pop (37 points)
Daniel Burrows (33 points)
Cyril Lacoux (29 points)
Julien Louis and Pierre Habouzit (26 points)
Julien Goodwin (22 points)
Florent Bayle (15 points)

The winners

Bug: #360285 (ITP: libjoey -- forks itself and does several things at the same time)
Challenger: Julien Danjou
Bug reporter: Alexander Wirt
Voter: Roland Mas with the correct reverse ordered tiercé: [1] #236874, [2] #102434 and [3] #360285.

Notes

To participate, simply drop me an email with a bug number.

About DeFuBu

DeDuBu contest #1

jd — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:50:32 +0000

Welcome to this 1st issue of DeDuBu contest, the monthly championship of the dumbest bug reported to the Debian BTS.

The challengers

Florent Bayle with #355455 (trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libpano12.la', which is also in package libpano12)
Samuel Hocevar with #207349 (fortune-mod: internal error) and #177244 (chromium: Infringing on Bruce Springsteen's Copyright)
Benjamin Drieu with #177128 (fetchmail initialisation fails on AIX 5.2 on JFS2 filesystem)
James Westby with #374599 (cupsys: bug reporter is hallucinating) and #371032 (cupsys: Upgrade to 1.2 broke printing on local parallel GDI printer)
Ken Bloom with #340111 (jython doesn't perform static initialization of classes called by other java classes)

How the vote has been done

Five Debian related people voted for these bugs: Pierre Habouzit, Pierre Machard, Julien Louis, Mohammed Adnène Trojette and Julien Cristau.

Full ranking

Bugs

#177244 (chromium: Infringing on Bruce Springsteen's Copyright) (28 points)
#207349 (fortune-mod: internal error) (26 points)
#374599 (cupsys: bug reporter is hallucinating) (16 points)
#177128 (fetchmail initialisation fails on AIX 5.2 on JFS2 filesystem) (15 points)
#355455 (trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libpano12.la', which is also in package libpano12) (10 points)
#371032 (cupsys: Upgrade to 1.2 broke printing on local parallel GDI printer) (9 points)
#340111 (jython doesn't perform static initialization of classes called by other java classes) (8 points)

Challengers

Samuel Hocevar (54 points)
James Westby (25 points)
Benjamin Drieu (15 points)
Florent Bayle (10 points)
Ken Bloom (8 points)

The winners

Bug: #177244 (chromium: Infringing on Bruce Springsteen's Copyright)
Challenger: Samuel Hocevar
Bug reporter: Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
Voter: Pierre Habouzit with the nearest ordered tiercé: [1] #177244, [2] #207349 and [3] #355455.

About DeDuBu

The new DeFuBu contest

jd — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:20:26 +0000

Hey, I'm sure you're wondering what DeFuBu is, aren't you? That's the Debian Funniest Bug contest!

This is a new monthly contest which consists to choose the more fun bug.

How to win? Simply drop me an email with the bug number. I will maintain a list of candidats. Then, a selected and feed jury will choose the best of them.
If the bug you reported win, you and the reporter will win something like your weight in Ubuntu CD or the right to write my new book, Debian for dummies.

For example, I give you a bug reported by Florent Bayle, #355455, which the first candidate for July.

PS: Please note that I do this for fun, not for raising personnal attacks

PS2: This challenge has been renamed to DeFuBu to avoid some misunderstanding on its leitmotiv.