Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh segfaults as , a result of new libc 2.0.7r2
Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 08:41:32AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > If you look at the list today, you will see many ancient bug reports on
> > locales and timezones which pre-date glibc. How does one deal with these?
> >
> > I am tempted to close all "ancient" bug reports on principle, but that
> > certainly violates the spirit, if not the letter of policy.
>
> That sounds familiar. :-) The boot-floppies package has some "ancient"
> bug reports that are difficult to deal with (hardware-specific bugs). Is
> it OK to contact the bug submitter more than one year after he submitted
> the report, just to tell him, "is this bug already present in Debian 2.0"?
Yes I do this all the time. I email the BTS and the original
submitter asking if they are still getting the bug, and telling the
submitter how to close the bug if not (since I am not empowered in the
NM case to close bugs). It has pretty good results if the submitter's
email doesn't bounce.
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