On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 10:37:34AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > "Bug reports should be closed by sending email to nnn-done@bugs.debian.org. > The message body needs to contain an explanation of how the bug was fixed." [...] > > - http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#closing > > This is part of the record of the bug, and as a developer I constantly refer > to old bugs, and want this information. [...] > Correct, understanding how the code works is not required. If you know > enough to verify that the bug really was fixed by someone else, then you > have enough information to write a half-decent changelog entry. "I tested > frobbing the widget, and it doesn't break anymore (Closes: ...)" is > infinitely better than "fixed bug (Closes: ...)". The latter is worthless. /me rises from the pew _ _ _ _ _ / \ _ __ ___ ___ _ __ | |__ _ __ ___ | |_| |__ ___ _ __| | / _ \ | '_ ` _ \ / _ \ '_ \ | '_ \| '__/ _ \| __| '_ \ / _ \ '__| | / ___ \| | | | | | __/ | | |_ | |_) | | | (_) | |_| | | | __/ | |_| /_/ \_\_| |_| |_|\___|_| |_( ) |_.__/|_| \___/ \__|_| |_|\___|_| (_) |/ -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | De minimis non curat lex. branden@debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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