On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Package: bugs.debian.org > Severity: wishlist > > Hi there, > > as the title says, it should be possible to reopen bugs by uploading a > package which has a (reopen: #xyz) stanza in its debian/changelog > file, just like it is possible to close one by adding a (closes: > #xyz) stanza.
This is almost never actually what you want. > Possible use-case: Re-upload of an old version of a font, which has > been requested in the one bug because of rendering issues, will reopen > the bug that has been closed earlier by uploading the new version, That's because the changelog is wrong; this upload is not based on 2.00.1-2, it's based on 1.07.4-1. You can see the issue in this graph: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/version.cgi?absolute=0;format=png;found=fonts-liberation%2F1.07.2-6;height=;ignore_boring=1;info=1;package=fonts-liberation;width=;collapse=0 If you have the appropriate previous version listed in debian/changelog, then everything will work out correctly. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Mozart tells us what it's like to be human, Beethoven tells us what it's like to be Beethoven, and Bach tells us what it's like to be the universe. -- Douglas Adams
