On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First and foremost, the maintainer(s) of a Debian Package are > > wholy responsible for determining the state of bugs assigned to > > their packages in the BTS unless overridden by the tech-ctte. > > If they did act in a responsible way, they would not remove > copyright information and they would definitely not "close" a bug > that has not been dealt with yet. Note that in former times, when > claims against my software have been in the BTS that have been > proven to be incorrect, the bug was still not closed.
The validity or non-validity of the bug report has nothing to do with who has the power to close bugs and keep them closed, or who has the power to open bugs and keep them open. > > Continuing to reopen bugs after they have been closed by the > > relevant maintainer will result in an exclusion from utilizing the > > BTS control interface. > > So please exclude Joerg Jaspert from the BTS who did close the bug > many times although he knows that there are unhandled issues. Joerg *is* the maintainer of the package. As such, he is not in the wrong here, even if there is an actual bug in the package. > I did already explain recisely what the problem is. I've read the logs, and I still have no idea what you're talking about. > What information do you need? Let me spell it out the process even more clearly: 1) Send mail explaining precisely what the problem is. 2) If the maintainer disagrees, appeal to the tech ctte to override the maintainer. If you believe you've done #1 then your only recourse is #2. At no point does this involve reopening bugs. > > As a final note, the Debian BTS is for reporting issues in Debian > > packages, not unpackaged or versions not distributed by Debian. Those > > issues should be brought up with the people responsible for the > > packages using whatever mechanism they utilize, not the BTS. > > This looks like a cheap excuse. Please note that we are talking > about a Copyright violation on svn.debian.org I'm entirely aware of that. Because it's not a bug in a package released by Debian, the appropriate approach is to e-mail the people responsible and request politely that they resolve the issue, ideally explaining exactly which changes to which files you believe to be problematic. You clearly have the e-mail addresses of all of the people associated with the package. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/12/msg00303.html for a recent post "ex cathedra." Don Armstrong -- CNN/Reuters: News reports have filtered out early this morning that US forces have swooped on an Iraqi Primary School and detained 6th Grade teacher Mohammed Al-Hazar. Sources indicate that, when arrested, Al-Hazar was in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square and a calculator. US President George W Bush argued that this was clear and overwhelming evidence that Iraq indeed possessed weapons of maths instruction. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
