Re: Service Provider Database

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 11:08 +0300, Antti Kaijanmäki wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I can't even describe how happy it made me feel when I discovered that
> you guys had taken over the m-b-p-i and even rolled out an upstream
> assistant and new database format with MCC/MCN codes. Thank you! It
> means so much to me to finally see that the database has taken a life of
> it's own and truly shown to be something that can make a difference.

Yep, though mostly it's just been me updating.  It's kinda fun actually;
I do try to go through and verify that user submissions are mostly
correct, which takes me on trips through wikipedia's MCC/MNC page, gsm
trade association website, carrier websites often in other languages,
lots of google, etc.  It's nice to see user's actually sending in
updates.

> I haven't had any time to work on the database and quite frankly it made
> me really sad and frustrated. Patches piled up on my inbox and I fell
> into some kind of apathetic state of mind regarding the database and
> just started to ignore it[0].

No problem; but starting with your work on the wizard it's been neat to
see how it can make configuring a mobile broadband connection that much
easier.

> I decided to finally do something about the patches and get them
> forward. Here's a list of bug reports I've created based on the emails:

And last week I finally got around to handling all those.  Rolled a new
release too.  Thanks!

(do you still want your name in configure.ac?)

Dan


> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594836
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594838
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594839
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594841
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594842
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594843
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594844
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594845
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594846
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594848
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594849
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594850
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594851
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594852
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594853
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594854
> 
> Note that I've intentionally left out information about the original
> senders as I'm not certain all of them want to be publicly named. I've
> sent links to them to bug reports that are based on their emails so that
> they can provide more information if they wish. I also took the liberty
> to advise them to contact Dan directly if they do not want to have a
> discussion out in in the public.
> 
> Cheers!
>  -- Antti
> 
> PS.
> there are also bug reports at Launchpad in two separate locations:
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/mobile-broadband-provider-info
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mobile-broadband-provider-info
> 
> [0] exactly like David Allen describes in his book Getting Things Done.
> It's odd how simple things like writing an email or applying a patch can
> become a big mental obstacle when there's a ton of other Stuff that
> needs your attention too.
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