Re: Testing excuse: introduces new bugs?

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, 2015-08-22, 22:17:
> > I'm struggling to understand the testing excuses for s3ql at 
> > https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=s3ql. Among other things, it 
> > says:
> >
> > * s3ql (source, amd64, i386, arm64, armel, armhf, mips, mipsel, 
> > powerpc, ppc64el, s390x) has new bugs!
> > * Updating s3ql introduces new bugs: #792685
> >
> > However, the s3ql version in unstable is only affected by one bug 
> > (#771969), and that bug also affects the versions in stable and 
> > (before removal) testing:
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?package=s3ql
> >
> > Why does britney think that migrating s3ql would introduce bugs?
>
> Because you marked bug #792685 fixed in a non-existent version.  You 
> need to mark the bug fixed in the version that actually fixes it, or 
> else do an un-versioned close.

Is BTS version tracking documented in details anywhere?

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Jakub Wilk