Re: General bug policy
>On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Ian Jackson wrote:
>
>> 4. Noone but the maintainer of a package (or someone acting on their
>> request) should close its bug reports.
>
>We could be flexible here, in some cases:
>
>For example, if someone submits a bug, and just after sending the message
>he founds that it is not in fact a bug but a feature, then the submitter
>(especially if it is also a Debian developer) could be allowed to close
>his own bug, if only to make life easier to the maintainer. [ After the
>bug is closed, the maintainer may of course disagree, in which case he may
>reopen it and change the originator to himself ].
Yes, sounds good to me.
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