Re: Mystery bug acks
> I've just received `bug closed' messages from the bug tracking system
> for 5 of my bug reports, but no message from anyone saying why they'd
> been closed.
>
> As the bug tracking system's ACK says:
> You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if
> you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly,
> or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself.
>
> Instead of mailing debian-bugs (generating a new report) I have
> reopened the five reports in question. I'd be grateful if the
> maintainers would advise me why these reports were closed - the
> conventional way to do this is to CC the `done' message to the person
> who reported the bug (me, in this case).
Ian, this is another area where the bug system could be made easier to
use. If the system goes to the trouble os sending an ack to the
submitter of the report that a bug is being closed, why can't it also
forward the message which closed the report?
David
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