On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 04:57:40PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > > Why not change the way they are treated? You can easily use the date a > > message is sent to bugs.debian.org to see if it comes before or after other > > messages closing/opening the bug tagged with the same version. > > Because it is sane to assume that when a bug is found and fixed in the > same version that it's better to play on the safe side and treat it as > found in that version. I think that if people are actively opening and closing bugs (in that order) with the same Version tag, they expect the bug to be closed. I also do not think that there is any danger in having it marked as closed, it can always be reopened later. > Though one should contact debbugs maintainers if you think this should > be changed. Ok. > It's very strange that you think it's ok to mark a bug as fixed in a > specific version even if there was nothing changed in the package to get > the bug fixed IMHO. Well, if, like in your example, a binNMU fixes a problem, then I do not see it as illogical for someone to close a bug with a Version tag that is the same as the version the bug was reported in. Maybe debbugs can be changed to handle binary Version tags? How often, when a bug is opened and closed with the same Version tag, was one of the two Version tags really wrong? -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>
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