Bug#189157: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting: It is not clear how/if bugs are forwarded upstream
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 12:59:48AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 10:28:41PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> > Comments welcomed:
> >
> > --- Reporting.wml 13 Apr 2003 15:15:42 -0000 1.36
> > +++ Reporting.wml 20 Apr 2003 20:21:59 -0000
> > @@ -24,7 +24,12 @@
> >
> > <p>If you'd like to send a copy of your bug report to additional recipients
> > (such as mailing lists), you shouldn't use the usual e-mail headers, but
> > -<a href="#xcc">a different method, described below</a>.</p>
> > +<a href="#xcc">a different method, described below</a>. Please note
> > +that it is normally not recommended to report a bug both to the debian
> > +bug tracking system and the program's original bug address (or other
> > +bug tracking systems like bugzilla or Sourceforge.net's one): The
> > +maintainer will forward your report when needed. This helps to
> > +avoid duplicate reports.</p>
>
> Personally I don't think we should be as explicit as that. We may not
> actually have consensus among developers for such a statement, and I can
> certainly think of cases where filing some bugs upstream rather than having
> the Debian maintainer sort them out first would be preferable.
What do then? Mark it as wontfix or leave it alone? Other proposals?
Frank
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