Bug#301739: marked as done (All e-mails to <bug_num@bugs.debian.org> should be forwarded to the upstream -devel list or maintainer)
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(This cannot be implemented before bug 34071 is dealt with, but this is a s=
eparate issue.)
AFAIK, when a bug is submitted to submit@bugs.debian.org, the debbugs serve=
r sends the package maintainer a copy of the bug report, and the package =
maintainer soon sends a copy to the upstream -devel mailing list, e.g. ba=
sh-devel or xemacs-devel, or the upstream maintainer.
However, when someone sends in extra information on an existing bug, I doub=
t this info always makes its way upstream.
Once a "bug subscription" feature (bug #34071) is added to debbugs, it woul=
d help get bugs fixed faster if the upstream -devel list or maintainer we=
re automatically subscribed to get any additional info on the bug that pe=
ople come up with. This would require that the package tracking system ke=
ep track of the e-mail address of the upstream -devel list for all packag=
es that have such a list.
(It would also be useful if the BTS recognized a special set of aliases, sa=
y upstream-gw-<pkg_name>@bugs.debian.org, and if package maintainers were=
able to subscribe the upstream-gw alias for their packages to the releva=
nt -devel lists. This way, the BTS could forward info even to lists that =
only allow list subscribers to post messages. Perhaps it could even store=
replies from -devel lists back into the relevant bug page at bugs.debian=
.org by looking at the X-Debian-PR-Message header field.)
Once upstream -devel lists or maintainers automatically get copies of addit=
ionalinfo on upstream bugs, communication will be improved and some upstr=
eam bugs will get fixed sooner.
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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:24:06 +0100
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
To: 301739-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#301739: All e-mails to <bug_num@bugs.debian.org> should be forwarded to the upstream -devel list or maintainer
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On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 06:12:43PM -0700, Jason Spiro wrote:
> Package: debbugs
> Severity: normal
>
> (This cannot be implemented before bug 34071 is dealt with, but this
> is a separate issue.)
>
> AFAIK, when a bug is submitted to submit@bugs.debian.org, the debbugs
> server sends the package maintainer a copy of the bug report, and the
> package maintainer soon sends a copy to the upstream -devel mailing
> list, e.g. bash-devel or xemacs-devel, or the upstream maintainer.
>
> However, when someone sends in extra information on an existing bug, I
> doubt this info always makes its way upstream.
>
> Once a "bug subscription" feature (bug #34071) is added to debbugs, it
> would help get bugs fixed faster if the upstream -devel list or
> maintainer were automatically subscribed to get any additional info on
> the bug that people come up with.
Absolutely not. This would cause many upstreams to simply ignore Debian
bugs; it's not uncommon for bugs to be unique to the Debian package, and
to have nothing to do with upstream.
The package tracking system (http://packages.qa.debian.org/) already
provides the facility to subscribe to all bugs on a package. You are
requesting this to be opt-out rather than opt-in, which I do not think
is appropriate.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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