Re: Bug dependencie
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Daniel Leidert
<daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 19.05.2009, 15:39 +0200 schrieb Andreas Tille:
>> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 01:58:54PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529292
>> >
>> > How should I handle that ?
>> > I mean, once bug #529292 is fixed/closed, what should be the
>> > reference in debian/changelog to explain that ? Should it simply be
>> > "Closes: #529193 ?"
>>
>> No, the bug should not be closed (because the problem is not
>> solved). You should arather reassign the bug to the other package
>> and merge the bugs.
>
> Depends. If people will tend to report the bug against the package
> FTBFSing, although the reason might be in a different package, the
> report should not be reassigned (clone and reassign it to the correct
> package). Instead leave it open and declare a "blocked by".
Done. I did not see the 'block by' option, thanks.
> Then simply close it as soon as the situation is fixed by sending a mail
> to -done@b.d.o.
The blocking bug was fixed a couple of hours ago, so I simply updated
the debian/changelog to use the proper revision up to patchlevel.
Thanks,
--
Mathieu
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