Re: How to cleanup Ubuntu bugs for my Debian packages?

[Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org>]

On 2020-11-29 14:06:31, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> For the sake of disclosure, I'm also an Ubuntu Developer.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 12:58:53PM +0100, Iustin Pop wrote:
> > I have a Launchpad account, and the project itself lists my Launchpad
> > account as "maintainer", but on the bug itself I can't mark it as "Won't
> > fix", only as "Invalid". Which tells me that I'm missing _some_ rights
> > in Ubuntu itself…
> 
> Indeed, there are some status that are restricted to the so called "bug
> supervisor", which a team defined in the project settings in launchpad.
> In the case of Ubuntu itself, that is the ~ubuntu-bugcontrol team
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol .  Users who are part of that
> team have access to all the features of the bug tracker.
> 
> Another common limitation imposed on users that are not bug supervisors,
> is that they cannot re-open an already closed bug.  Or, targeting a
> series.

Understood, thanks. So I would have to ping someone in that group if I
want cleanup in the future, right? As it is not possible to delegate bug
supervisor per (source) package.

> > I also have
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-mox/+bug/852095, where
> > again I can't mark "Won't fix" (it refers to distributions 8 years old)…
> 
> I've marked that as wontfix.
> 
> However, in the case of
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pylibacl/+bug/1876350
> "invalid" is the correct status, not "wontfix".

Thanks, my dashboard will be clean, much appreciated :)

> BTW, in case you missed it, if you are going to fix bugs reported on
> launchpad, you can use "LP: #xxxxx" in the (debian) changelog and close
> them, similarly to what you do to close bugs against the BTS.

Ack, will keep in mind.

Also, thanks the very fast response!

iustin