severity 580406 minor reassign 580406 debbugs retitle 580406 Handle binary-only bugs properly thanks
On Wed, 05 May 2010, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > It is best to look at the bug 578882. This bug is not in version > 4:4.3.4-5 and nut in version 4:4.3.4-5 but in version 4:4.3.4-5+b1 > (as reported) 4:4.3.4-5+b1 is built from the source package version 4:4.3.4-5. Bugs in the BTS are tracked by their source version, which is why it's marked as found in 4:4.3.4-5. If this bug was actually only caused by the build -5+b1, and was fixed in the next binary upload (4:4.4.2-1), then this would be a binary-only bug. (It's not clear to me if that's actually the case for this bug or not without digging deeper, and since the bug is fixed, it's not worth doing.] Because binary-only bugs are fairly rare and the method of fixing them is so trivial (another binary NMU), it isn't a high priority to actually handle correctly the verisoning of binary-only bugs, though I have thought about it and I already have a fairly good idea of how to solve it. Don Armstrong -- There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more. -- Woody Allen http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
