Re: request to kill nag messages
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> John> Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes:
>
> >> No one needs to take on that job, as the BTS already reports all open bugs
> >> twice a week to every developer.
>
> John> I don't get such a report.
>
> Because, unlike the nag reports, the bi-weekly reports (by
> date and by maintainer) are optional; you may choose to subscribe top
> the mailinglist.
I know that. He said "every developer", which is not true.
> John> The person already asked for a fix, and generally deserves a timely
> John> fix. Why not close the bugs instead of complaining about those that
> John> remind you to?
>
> You mean, just go in and close all bugs? Surely you do not
> mean that? Or are you trying to be insulting? You think if the bugs
> had easy solutiuons they would still be unfixed? If you indeed do
> think all the old bugs are trivial to fix, please send in patches/do
> NMU's fixing them.
I mean, fix bugs. Then they can be closed. I am aware that not all
bugs have easy solutions, but just because the solution isn't easy
doesn't mean that it is any less important to fix it.
>
> manoj
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