Re: [Q] who has authority to mess w/ package bugs?
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Adam P. Harris wrote:
> Who has authority to mess around with the bug report? From
> <URL:http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer.html>, it looks like any
> developer who gets a mind to is "authorized". Is this something that's
> possible but not recommended?
>
> Possible answers:
> * anyone!
> * any debian developer
> * package maintainer, and Debian-QA list
>
> I'm wondering because I've been going through the bug lists a lot lately,
> and sometimes I get an urge to "merge" two bug reports together since
> they're clearly identical. However, I never do this since I'm not the
> package mainteainer.
The bug system contains no authorization for manipulating bugs (it assumes
the confirmation e-mails sent out for closes and such are sufficient).
For the most part, I expect maintainers don't mind if you do useful things
with their bug reports (like merge duplicates and such). I know I don't
mind if someone else comes around and points out non-bugs or changes
status on my bugs or whatever.
--
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net> http://www.gate.net/~storm/
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