Here is one more response that I got from the gentleman.... ----- Forwarded message from "T.E.Dickey" <dickey@clark.net> ----- From: "T.E.Dickey" <dickey@clark.net> Subject: Re: http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=59191 To: gecko@benham.net (Darren O. Benham" <gecko@benham.net>) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 100 17:39:39 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20000317134632.C7718@benham.net> from "Darren O. Benham" <gecko@benham.net>" at Mar 17, 0 01:46:32 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] > > and the interface doesn't provide me a way to respond other than by saving > > the text to a file, cutting & pasting the address - nor do I see a regular > > practice of forwarding those reports upstream...). > > No, not from the web page. The BTS is primarily an email system. I'm > working on making it more CGI accessable.. and then I might be able to do > something like providing an email address that links to the bug (it's the > bug number@bugs.debian.org). I actually liked the idea (honestly). I was > put off by your tone..=20 I'm rather irritable on Fridays, but I bark more than bite. > Anyway... there is a second problem you mentioned that deserves to be > addressed. Bugs should either be dealt with by the maintainer (if they're > involved with mods they made or the packaging) or the bugs are supposed to > be forwarded upstream (with a patch if one is available). That is part of > the Debian philosophy. I estimate that I get notified of less than 5% of the bugs. The web interface is useful, but awkward. (I've been following it for a year or so - don't recall when someone first pointed me to it - but most of the bugs on the list haven't been mentioned to me until I asked the maintainer about it). -- Thomas E. Dickey dickey@clark.net http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * Debian: Software in the Public Interest: * * Project Secretary Treasurer * * Webmaster Team * * BTS Team siteROCK: * * Lintian Team Linux Infrastructure Engineer *
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