On 20/06/26 8:39 pm, Wesley Schwengle wrote: > Debian specifically asks not to submit bugs upstream, see > https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting > > > Don't file bugs upstream > > > > If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the upstream > > software maintainers yourself to start with, as it is possible that > > the bug exists only in Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the > > package will forward the bug upstream, or ask you to do so after > > they've checked that it isn't Debian-specific.
Well, the last line says "or ask you to do so after they've checked that it isn't Debian-specific" :) I should've been more clear to ask you to send this one in particular upstream. > I don't run kitty from source, so I'm not really inclined to submit bugs > upstream for a Debian package. > > In addition to this, it isn't really a nice way for users to having to > understand which package requires you to submit upstream vs to Debian, > eg, zsh just forwards the bugs upstream. One would need to look into > salsa to see if custom patches are applied for Debian and exclude or > include those before building from source in order to confirm the bug is > indeed upstream. > > Debian also doesn't always track upstreams versions, it may be behind, > filing bugs upstream may cause annoyances with upstream maintainers, > xscreensaver is the most notable example of this. > > I therefor will continue to use reportbug to submit bugs against > packages in Debian, you as a package maintainer should also know there > is a bug in testing/unstable and not just upstream. > > I hope you can understand my reasoning in this. Thanks again for filing > the bug upstream. No problem for me. Please continue reporting - and thanks for your reports so far! Thanks, Nilesh
