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Re: bug closing etiquette



Eric Cooper <ecc@cmu.edu> writes:
> Suppose someone has reported a bug that the maintainer can't
> reproduce, but the reporter can.  Is it reasonable for the maintainer
> to email the reporter and ask whether a new version fixes the problem,
> or is that considered obnoxious?

It doesn't seem obnoxious to me.

Indeed, as a user, I actually rather appreciate it when maintainer asks
me to confirm that a bug I reported is fixed -- it gives the impression
that they care about the issue.

-Miles
-- 
`The suburb is an obsolete and contradictory form of human settlement'



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