On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:44, Arthur Marsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sandro Tosi wrote, on 26/04/10 18:01: >> >> Hello Arthur, >> >> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:22, Arthur Marsh >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Package: reportbug >>> Version: 4.12.1 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> >>> If one is providing extra information to a resolved bug, >>> the option to reopen the bug should be provided. >>> >>> If one is expected to add a manual cc: to [email protected], >>> at least provide a link to instructions, such as: >>> >>> http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control >> >> I know what has to be done, and where to retrieve needed information. >> Thanks for your interest, but there no need for you to comment bugs >> without providing any additional information. > > Sorry if it was obscure, but "providing extra information to a resolved bug" > (ie by the "x" command in reportbug) wasn't mentioned in the previous > discussion that I could see. > > I also meant to add that this option should appear automatically if one is > the original bug reporter. If one is not the original bug reporter, the > situation is more complicated. > > The link to http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control was also intended to > be helpful to anyone wanting to understand the process of reopening a bug > via a message to [email protected]. > > The last message posted against this bug before mine was just over 2 years > ago and I was keen to see something done as I'd had a developer ask me to > reopen a bug that he had closed if I still had problems, without providing > any link to how to do this.
if you're "keen to see something done" the best way is to provide a well-written patch. Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi _______________________________________________ Reportbug-maint mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/reportbug-maint
