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Bug#394033: marked as done (where to send NMU diff)

Your message dated Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:17:03 +0000
with message-id <E1GvcDf-0003dZ-4p@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#394033: fixed in developers-reference 3.3.8
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

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Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.3.7
Severity: wishlist

I request that the following be changed:

Section 5.11.4:

"""
Also, after doing an NMU, you have to send that information to the existing
bugs that are fixed by your NMU, including the unified diff. Alternatively
you can open a new bug and include a patch showing all the changes you have
made.
"""

Please strike the second sentence.  This has really caused a lot of annoyance
and duplicate work lately.

The NMU diff should always be sent to the bug report that it applies to.

Rationale:

- The NMU is about a bug, so it should be sent to the bug.  People reading
  the bug want to know what's going on.

- Features like bug subscriptions and bts.turmzimmer.net suffer when
  important information about a bug is sent elsewhere.

- A NMU diff is not, by itself, a bug, so it shouldn't be a bug.

I have heard as counterargument that if a NMU fixes many bugs, then making
a new bug for the diff saves space.  I think considering the massive amount
of data sent across the BTS all the time, this is a silly argument.  And
on average, a NMU doesn't fix more than one or two bugs.

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Source: developers-reference
Source-Version: 3.3.8

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
developers-reference, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

developers-reference-fr_3.3.8_all.deb
  to pool/main/d/developers-reference/developers-reference-fr_3.3.8_all.deb
developers-reference_3.3.8.dsc
  to pool/main/d/developers-reference/developers-reference_3.3.8.dsc
developers-reference_3.3.8.tar.gz
  to pool/main/d/developers-reference/developers-reference_3.3.8.tar.gz
developers-reference_3.3.8_all.deb
  to pool/main/d/developers-reference/developers-reference_3.3.8_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 394033@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> (supplier of updated developers-reference package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
Source: developers-reference
Binary: developers-reference-fr developers-reference
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.3.8
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Documentation Project <debian-doc@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>
Description: 
 developers-reference - guidelines and information for Debian developers
 developers-reference-fr - guidelines and information for Debian developers, in French
Closes: 324967 339552 350792 353447 353874 355725 356643 361311 361744 365993 365994 368046 374738 376199 376411 376961 378929 380458 382477 382721 387108 387154 394033 397786 397907
Changes: 
 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
     Closes: #350792
   * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
   * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
     Closes: #376411
   * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
     the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
   * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
     Closes: #382721
   * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
     Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
   * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
     Closes: #361311
   * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
     Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
   * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
     to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
   * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
   * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
   * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
     Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
     Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
   * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
   * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
     20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
     Closes: #382477
   * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
     Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
   * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
     Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
   * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
   * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
   * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
   * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
   * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
   * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
     Closes: #356643
 .
   * Frédéric Bothamy
     - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
Files: 
 740caa3ef23ddbd373d282f4797b62f1 687 doc optional developers-reference_3.3.8.dsc
 50b9085b9323fc8e219c3655f65715c8 312443 doc optional developers-reference_3.3.8.tar.gz
 f48196881e820868ab7d79a307cb64e4 594492 doc optional developers-reference_3.3.8_all.deb
 ab5744ce44b2fe4d3683ed4d3f4deaf8 233884 doc optional developers-reference-fr_3.3.8_all.deb

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