Re: Blocked bugs

["Herminio Hernandez Jr. " <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>]

Thanks!

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> On Jul 4, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> wrote:
> 
>> On 07/04/2016 09:13 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr.  wrote:
>> I placed an ITP for a package call mbpfan. I then made sure my
>> package had lintian errors and updated the change log noting that
>> packaged fixes the ITP bug and uploaded to the debian-mentors site. I
>> then placed an RFS bug for the package. This morning I received a
>> notice that my ITP bug is blocked by my RFS bug. Did I forget
>> something?
> 
> No, that's perfectly fine. Bug A blocks bug B just means that bug
> B can't be fixed without bug A being fixed first. In case of RFS
> bugs, they are fixed when the upload occurs, while the bugs that
> the package itself fixes are fixed once the package gets accepted
> (after the upload).
> 
> So the RFS bug blocking the ITP is actually correct. In your case,
> someone was so nice to add the information that the RFS bug blocks
> the ITP bug for you.
> 
> Hence: everything is fine, you don't need to do anything further
> until someone gets a chance to review your package.
> 
> Regards,
> Christian