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Re: Please package virtualbox-guest-additions-iso



On Fri, 04 May 2018, Geert Stappers wrote:

Hi, 

> On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 11:52:58PM +0300, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
> > On 04.05.2018 23:14, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > >On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 10:38:57PM +0300, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
> > >>Hi!
> > >>
> > >>While most VirtualBox packages are available in stretch-backports,
> > >>virtualbox-guest-additions-iso is missing for some reason.
> > >>Please package it as well.
> > >>
> > >
> > >Filed as bugreport #897921: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897921
> > >
> > 
> > Should bug reports concerning packages in backports be posted to Debian
> > BTS? Backports.debian.org FAQ page [1] says that they should be posted
> > to this mailing list instead:
> > 
> > >Q: Where shall I report bugs I found in packages from backports to?
> > >
> > >A: Please report them to the debian-backports mailing list. The Debian
> > bugtracking system doesn't know anything about backports versions,
> > and sometimes the backporter isn't in the Debian packaging team so
> > they might miss the report.
> > 
> > If this FAQ entry is outdated, perhaps it should be amended.
> > 
> > [1] https://backports.debian.org/FAQ/
> 
> Maybe is the FAQ "outdated". 
Its not, but you are not reporting a bug in a backport here, therefore the
FAQ entry isn't about this case. There asking a maintainer via whishlist bug
is right. 

> 
> My idea about reporting through the BTS is to contact
> the maintainer of the package. Because the package maintainer
> might not be on this mailinglist, but is the person who
> wants to known that there is a backport.
> 
> 
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
> 
> P.S.
> If I Recall Correct:
> There was first backports.org and later Debian backports ...
Yes, but that doesn't change that the bts cannot handle backports.

Alex
 


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