Re: should bugs really be closed?

[Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>]

Hi, Adam Heath wrote:

> What if bugs filed against older versions get cloned to the newer package, the
> newer package closes the cloned bugs, and when the old package is removed, the
> bugs get closed?

Whatever for?

Status before this: We have a bunch of open bugs against OLD_VERSION.
Status afterwards: We have a bunch of open bugs against OLD_VERSION.

The bugs against NEW_VERSION will be archived, and thus not visible.
So what would be the point?

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