Hi Gedalya-- On 03/23/2011 05:59 PM, Gedalya wrote: > This is my first time posting on this list! welcome! > Can someone tell me what to do if I have something to say about a closed > and archived Debian bug, e.g. it's not really fixed and I have a patch > that does fix it? There are two possible approaches to take: 0) unarchive the bug, mark it as found in one of the newer versions, and attach your patch. This would look like an e-mail sent to control@bugs.debian.org with the following lines at the top of the body (i'm pretending this is about bug #NNNNNN in package foo, which has reappeared in version X.Y-Z): unarchive NNNNNN reopen NNNNNN found NNNNNN X.Y-Z thanks You should follow this up with an e-mail (to NNNNNN@bugs.debian.org) that contains the new information you have to share, with your patch attached. 1) submit a new bug, reference the old bug, and attach the patch to the new bug. If you go this route, and the maintainer really wants them to be the same bug report, they can always unarchive the old one and merge it with the new one. Thanks for contributing to debian! Bugreports (and patches too!) are critical to the success of the project. --dkg
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