Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism "echo -e")
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:44:06PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> wrote:
> >> For a start, you can try to attack my argument in
> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200306/msg00244.html
> >
> > In order for that argument to fly, you'd need to add an additional
> > changelog entry that said something like:
> >
> > * Bug fixes in upstream release (closes: #xxx ...)
> >
> > since I read any bug closed after the "New upstream release" as requests
> > for the new release.
>
> I disagree that this is necessary. Firstly it isn't needed for the BTS.
> As I've said already, as far as the bug reporter is concerned, knowing
> that #xxx is (claimed to be) fixed in version x.y.z is sufficient. As for
> the Debian changelog, the close tag is just an added bonus since it's not
> a Debian change anyway.
If you do
* New upstream release (closes: #nnnnn)
to close a bug nagging about a new upstream release, how do you destinct
that from
* New upstream release (closes: #nnnnn)
which notes that the new upstream release also closes exactly one bug
fixed by upstream?
You shoule *AT LEAST* make a clear difference between those two cases.
That's all Brian said above I think.
> After all, the maintainer could just have a script which removed the
> close tags from "New Upstream Release" messages and stored them in a
> local file which then causes messages to be sent to xxx-done when the
> acceptance message is received from debian-installer. This would be
> indistuingishable from the case where the maintainer noticed the bugs
> after the upload and then closed them by hand.
You're a theoretical scientist, right? ;)
Again, all I ask you for is to make an *effort* trying to write nice
ChangeLogs when preparing a new upstream release. If you somehow miss a
bug, close it via -done, (with preferably some nice words).
Michael
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