Bug#189157: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting: It is not clear how/if bugs are forwarded upstream
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:37:13 +0200
Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr> wrote:
> > As a user and not developer, I did not read Bugs/Developer. How could I
> > have know not to report bugs upstream?
>
> Because... nobody tells you to? :)
But i am not only a debian user, I am also a user of upstream software.
Upstream authors often ask for this, just like debian on Bugs/Reporting. Before I
looked into this deeper it seemed logical to report bugs upstream and to debian,
which is what I expect a new bug reporter could think too after reading
Bugs/Reporting.
> You can always send mail to <bugnumber>@bugs.debian.org asking for it to be
> examined and forwarded. This will be seen by the maintainer of the package
> and by other developers who track bugs. If this doesn't produce any result,
> you can send mail to debian-devel@lists.debian.org asking for the bug to be
> looked at.
Ok.
> I agree that we could polish up the docs about these issues
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