Re: General bug policy
Joost Kooij <kooij@mpn.cp.philips.com> writes:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
> > I propose the following rules for dealing with disputes over bug
> > reports:
>
> [snip]
>
> > 4. Noone but the maintainer of a package (or someone acting on
> > their request) should close its bug reports.
>
> I assume that this applies primarily to cases where there is a
> (possible) dispute about the validity of the bug.
>
> If this rule is to apply in the most general sense, a lot more stale
> bugs will linger in the bug tracking system.
So be it; I'd rather that than have valid bugs closed by well meaning
but misguided non-maintainers closing genuine bugs.
> I think it would be wiser to leave open the possibility for people
> to browse the BTS and wield out obsoleted- and non-bugs, even if
> this doesn't seem to happen very regularly at this moment.
Wield (?) them out by all means, and ask the maintainer to close them,
but the maintainer should be the one closing bugs, not some random
individual on a clean up crusade.
ObMeToo: these suggestions look great to me.
--
James
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: