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Re: Closing bugs such as 210560



On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:46:36PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:04, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 01:54:39PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> > > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:46, Ben Burton wrote:
> > > > In all fairness, I don't believe calc closed a bug he thought was still
> > > > open - the bug log shows that he believed it was closed with the 3.1.4
> > > > upload.
> > >
> > > The messages related to the bug closing seem quite clear.  They say that
> > > bug reports through the Debian BTS will not be taken seriously and that
> > > bug reporting should be done upstream.
> >
> > No it doesn't.
> 
> "If it has not been fixed please do not reopen the bug in Debian BTS"
> 
> Please explain your interpretation of the above quote then.  When bugs are 
> closed without any testing or review and such a message is given, what 
> conclusion can possibly be drawn other than that the Debian maintainer does 
> not want any bug reports in the Debian BTS, and that such reports will not be 
> taken seriously?

I interpret it as a request not to reopen the bug. I don't see where
you're getting "If you do reopen the bug or file another similar one,
it will not be taken seriously" from.

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