Re: Closing bugs.
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <fenio@o2.pl> writes:
> Hello.
>
> I've got question related to closing bugs.
>
> Let's say I adopted some package, and with the new upstream version
> I should close some outstanding bugs. And I did it in 1.1-1 version.
> Then I ask previous maintainer to upload it, and he pointed me out some
> other needed changes. So I made another release 1.1-2 with those fixes.
>
> Then previous maintainer uploaded it, but he built package without
> `-v1.0` switch so only latest changelog was included.
>
> This led to non-closed bugs which are fixed in fact.
> What now? Should I close those bugs manually, or is it correct way to
> upload another version (1.1-3) including changelogs from 1.1-1 to 1.1-3?
>
> I mean is it good way? Then changelog from version 1.1-2 will be parsed
> two times.
Either method is fine. If you're planning to make another upload soon
anyway, I'd just wait and build with the -v switch. Otherwise, just
close them by hand, preferably inserting the text of the relevant
changelog entry in the closing message.
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