Re: Bug#775797: bugs.debian.org: BTS doesn't know about BPO versions; breaks apt-listbugs
On Wed, 28 Nov 2018, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:17:33AM -0500, Samuel Bronson wrote:
> > It would be nice if you could process those changelogs, even if only
> > for apt-listbugs' benefit.
>
> I heard a second-hand report today that this was deliberately not being
> done on the grounds that some package maintainers don't want bugs
> against backports to be filed in the BTS. I found the link to version
> tracking in particular to be surprising, and I want to check that there
> isn't a degree of "telephone game" happening here.
From my perspective, I think we should be tracking the versioning of
backport packages in the BTS; the only real reason I haven't done so is
because I've lacked the time to drive the coordination required to move
copy the .debinfo and .versions files from the backports archive, and
make sure all of that is working.
So if you do have the time to do so, that would be great.
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