Bug#837723: Removing/Disabling the general psuedo package; refering to debian-user@lists.debian.org
Package: bugs.debian.org
Severity: minor
Control: affects -1 general
On Tue, 13 Sep 2016, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> writes:
> > I'd close this bug again, but I gave up on caring about bugs in the
> > "general" pseudo package…
>
> Should we just disable the general pseudo-package? Is it serving a
> sufficient useful purpose to warrant the constant (if somewhat slow)
> stream of misdirected bug reports?
I personally don't have a problem with disabling it or turning it into
an auto responder which tells the submitter to communicate with
debian-user or another mailing list to figure out the appropriate
package and/or pseudopackage.
Does anyone have a strong objection to this?
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