On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 08:28:42PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > As I balance, I think we should make it clearer to bug submitters that > > they can re-open bugs and that feedback is encouraged. > > What about where a bug is closed by the maintainer on the mere hope > that it has been fixed by upstream? > > I have been told more than once by Debian developers (Christian > Marillat is a prime offender) that "this bug is now fixed in > upstream", and had the bug closed then, even though no Debian package > has been uploaded.
That is a bug in the maintainer. > Or had a bug closed because "upstream won't fix it". Or had a raft of > bugs closed when a new upstream release happens, and when I ask: "are > you sure this is fixed, nothing in the changelog mentions it", I'm > told that it's my responsibility to check and reopen the bug if it's > still there. Likewise. -- - mdz
