> "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de> writes: > > Hello all, > > > > I wonder, why I never get any feedback to my reported bugs. I am using > > the commandline tool "reportbug" and the E-mail-addresse is valid. > > > > So my questions: Where should I check of misconfigurations ? > > Do you get an ACK from the BTS? Does http://bugs.debian.org/ show your > bugs after a while? > No, I never did. None of them. Although, the script says, it has been reported. > > Who shall report a bug as fixed ? The maintainer or the one, who opened > > the bug ? > > The usual way, if there is such a thing, is for the new source upload > to contain a changelog entry with 'Closes: xxxx'. That makes the > archive software automatically close the respective bugs with the > version of the upload. > > If that was forgotten than the maintainer or the reportee can close > the bug, preferably with the right version header for the version > where the bug was fixed. See the docs on bugs.d.o for details of the > mail interface. > O.k., I understand, everybody, who issure, the bug is fixed, can confirm it. > But actualy anyone could close a bug. The more removed you are from > the bug the surer you should be that you are doing the right thing > though. Wrongfully closing somone elses bug is hummiliating for > yourself and anoying to the maintainer and reportee. > > > When a bug is closed the reportee gets an email from the BTS. Do you > get those? > No, I never got an email, maybe, because all my reported bugs were not entered in the bug-database ? > MfG > Goswin Greetings Hans |