Re: [Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#532856: Bug#532856: closed by Mathieu Parent <math.parent@gmail.com> (Closing " umask settings overridden by Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) clients")

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org> writes:

    Thomas> On 07/02/2018 01:14 AM, Josip Rodin wrote:
    >> The Debian social contract doesn't go into that much detail, to
    >> explicitly require keeping bugs open because they exist in
    >> practice -- but common sense and decades of precedent do.

    Thomas> I very much don't agree with the above. It is useless to
    Thomas> keep bugs open if they are not actionable. Bugs are
    Thomas> reminders for the maintainers of what they should do. If
    Thomas> they can't do anything, then it goes on the way to do useful
    Thomas> things, and it is best if they can be closed.

I think that one of the key services we provide our users, and I think
that this is implied very strongly by the social contract, is to provide
a single uniform place for them to report issues, whether they are
Debian specific or upstream.

I think that when we take steps against making that work we decrease the
value of Debian.

That said, our social contract and constitution are quite clear that no
developer is required  to do any particular item of work.