Re: Accepted gimp 2.0.0-1 (i386 source all)
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de> wrote:
> Hi, Herbert Xu wrote:
>
>> To the contrary, I interpret it to mean that these bugs have been fixed
>> by changes unique to this particular upstream release in the context of
>> Debian.
>
> Your interpretation doesn't match mine.
That does not bother me at all. You can feel free to interpret
these messages to mean whatever you want.
> Besides, mostoften when something like that happens, the bugs are just
> closed _without_ checking beforehand whether theey're really fixed.
Speak for yourself. I apply the same level of scrutiny to bug closures
whether they are caused by Debian changes or upstream changes.
> And if you do the checking, then writing half a dozen words for every
> number isn't THAT much more effort... in fact, this discussion probably
> eats more time (AGAIN) as doing a proper job in the first place would have
> done.
It is not about how much effort it requires, it is about listing the
information in a consistent way.
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