Re: Proposal how to handle mass bug reports

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Santiago Vila writes ("Re: Proposal how to handle mass bug reports"):
...
> Mmm, well, what if I sent just one bug against ftp.debian.org saying
> "these 100 packages should not have `optional' priority but `extra'"?
> 
> I would say your proposed policy is incomplete. I would add the following
> paragraph:
> 
> "Bugs against ftp.debian.org count for as many bugs as the packages it
> refers to. Therefore nobody should submit bug reports against
> ftp.debian.org if such report refers to five packages or more"

I disagree.  The problem with many bug reports isn't that they request
a lot of action, but that they require a lot of action to get rid of.

Ian.


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