Re: question about reporting bugs on my own package

[Satoru Takeuchi <nqm08501@nifty.com>]

Hi Craig and all,

At Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:42:48 +1000,
Craig Small wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:48:08AM -0700, tony mancill wrote:
> > This is up to you; I've done it both ways in the past.  If the bug is
> > affects the usability of the package, and it could take a while to fix it,
> > go ahead and report the bug to the BTS.  That will let other users know that
> > the maintainer is aware of the issue.  You may even be able to describe a
> > workaround in the bug report.  If the bug is trivial or purely aesthetic
> > then the bug report would be less useful.  However, it doesn't hurt to file
> > a bug report, even if the issue is very minor, so if you're in doubt, I
> > would suggest filing one.
> 
> I would have to second what Tony says above.  I maintain packages as a
> Debian developer and as upstream and yes while there is no rule about it
> Tony's description is a pretty good way of determining what you can do.
> 
> Another way of looking at it is; would the bug report be useful to users
> of your package. This could be either because they know it is not just
> their system, because you have put in a work-around or so that they know
> Debian/upstream is aware of it.

I could understand on the back of you. I'd like to report my bugs soon.

Thanks,

Satoru