Bug#866731: closed by Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> (Already fixed in experimental)
On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 03:26:32PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 07/01/2017 02:17 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 02:11:43PM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> >> Wouldn't it be more appropriate to use "fixed -1 0.0.9-1" rather than
> >> closing the bug completely? The bug is still present in the unstable
> >> package after all.
> >
> > When the BTS has enough information for doing version tracking
> > it is irrelevant whether the bug is open or closed.
> >
> > Similar to an upload to unstable closing a bug, where the BTS also
> > knows when the closed bug is still in testing.
>
> That is all correct. But that only works if the package upload in
> experimental would have actually closed a bug which it didn't.
>
> So this mechanism doesn't work here.
The BTS does not care whether the closing email was sent automatically
due to an upload or manually by a human.
The important part is the Version: in the email closing the bug.
> Adrian
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Adrian
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