Re: Bug reports missing
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 11:22:48AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:20:30PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > > mailx -s "Merge" control@bugs.debian.org <<...
> > > merge 219863 223355
> > > close 223355
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > and got the answer mentioned below.
> >
> > It's your punishment for using the close command. DON'T!
> > There is no need and no excuse.
>
> I disagree. See situations like #214865 or #218038.
>
> "close" *can* be handled responsibly.
OK, those situations were responsible. They are in the minority though,
I think. In most cases, nnn-done is more correct.
When somebody used "close" on me recently and I complained, he
apologised but still provided no explanation of why the bug was closed.
Grrr.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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