Re: removal instead of orphaning?
* Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, 2016-09-18, 11:28:
"Fixed in NMU" has not been a distinct state for several years, since the
introduction of BTS version tracking.
To clarify, the state still exists:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=fixed
... but I guess most packages were tagged like this by mistake.
BTS version tracking was introduced in July 2005:
https://lists.debian.org/20050718110629.GA729@riva.ucam.org
dak started closing bugs for NMUs and experimental uploads only in February
2007:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/mirror/dak.git/commit/?id=141673ae65e8160c78464c1eac1ecb615aedfc54
It's been less than a decade, so it's normal people aren't used to it yet. :-P
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Jakub Wilk
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