Bug

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

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