Re: Fix a bug located in a dependency
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 09:18:19AM +0300, Damyan Ivanov <dam@modsoftsys.com> wrote:
> -=| Mike Hommey, Fri, 25 May 2007 08:12:15 +0200 |=-
> > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 11:41:49PM +0300, Damyan Ivanov
> > <dam@modsoftsys.com> wrote:
> > > -=| Mike Hommey, Thu, 24 May 2007 19:39:20 +0200 |=-
> > > > A standard example of this are bugs in applications that are due
> > > > to bugs in libraries they depend on. Users would report bugs on
> > > > the application, but it would be reassigned to the library. Next
> > > > users reporting the bug would not see it in the list of bugs for
> > > > the application with reportbug.
> > >
> > > How about cloning the bug, reassigning the clone to the library and
> > > making the "original" bug be blocked by the clone?
> >
> > Sadly, the block stuff doesn't even notify the blocked bug when the
> > blocker bug is closed...
>
> This is #323663, I guess.
>
> Is the other solution (proposed by Don) - reassign #nnnnn A,B going to
> work in your case?
Doesn't that fuck up versioning tracking of the BTS ?
Mike
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