Re: Debian bugs belong to the Debian BTS
Dominique Devriese <dominique.devriese@student.kuleuven.ac.be> said:
> Adrian Bunk writes:
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>> reopen 215939 thanks
>
>> it's your responsibility as a Debian maintainer to handle bugs in
>> your packages.
>
>> It's _not_ OK to tell the users of your packages to only file them
>> upstream.
>
>> It's _not_ OK to simply close a bug with a message "it might be
>> fixed in the latest upstream" (but if you can't reproduce it, it's
>> OK to ask the submitter whether he can still reprooduce it).
>
>> If handling the bugs in your packages is too much work for you could
>> either give away some of your packages or ask on some mailing list
>> (e.g. debian-kde or debian-devel) for help.
>
> Might I ask who you think you are to be questioning the judgement of
> the maintainer of this package ?
>
> I'm not sure if you checked any of the bugs you just closed, but most
> of them are either very old or not reproducible.
>
> If you think you can do a better job at fixing them, then please feel
> free to do so.
>
> If you feel there's a problem with something that a developer does,
> then please discuss it on the appropriate list, and/or with the
> developer in question.
>
> But if you're not interested in or not capable of doing any of the
> above things, then please shut up, and let the people who do the real
> work ( and Christopher does a *hell* of a lot of work ) do what they
> like to do.
>
> In other words, please reclose the bugs, and present your apologies to
> Christopher. After that, you might try to start a real discussion.
I do not agree with you and, according to the other message posted, I
won't be the only one.
- Anyone have the right to have an opinion on anybody else actions.
- The fact that Christopher works a lot for Debian does not change the
matter.
- The point is not about fixing bugs ("If you think you can do a
better job at fixing them") but about not closing bugs without provide
accurate information.
--
Mathieu Roy
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