[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nicolas Lichtmaier) wrote: > No, all bugs should be reported to Debian ...
I don't think that we should be in the business of telling anyone where they should submit their bug reports. If the user wishes to deal with the upstream developers directly, that is his or her prerogative. > ... (with the exception of a few very actively developed - alpha/beta > quality packages like mozilla). True, and I would like to add a comment. I maintain some packages that come in two versions: a stable "released" version, and a "developer's" version. In the package description of the developer's version, I clearly state that *I* do not support this software. I will support the released version, but the user installs the developer's version at his own risk. (I don't have time to fix bugs in code that changes so frequently.) Therefore, I encourage users of this version to report all bugs upstream, where active development is taking place. This is more efficient, since communication doesn't get bogged down with our BTS. (And believe me, in the years I've been a developer, I've seen communication get bogged down because of forwarding DBTS reports.) IMHO, this is a case in which it is entirely appropriate to skip our BTS, and I hope that you agree. - Brian
