On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:09:18AM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > I have gotten with > > > > To: request@bugs.debian.org > > Body: index packages <package> > > > > the index of Bugs in a package. Now I like to get a specified > > Bugreport-Number to a <package>. > > Use "send <bugnumber>" to get the transcript of a bug, which will > tell you which package the bug is assigned to. See > <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request> for other commands. > > You can also use the web interface at <http://bugs.debian.org/> to > look up bug information. As I did read the original request, Michelle Konzack is looking for the code behind http://bugs.debian.org/<bugreport-number> AFAICT Michelle should contact debian-qa@lists.debian.org, they are CC-ed. > > > And what about Bugs which are not more valid for years ? > > > > I have read Bug-Indexes to some Packages which I am interested > > and found many open bugs which do not more exist, because the > > upstreamversion of the <package> has changed several times with > > correcting the Bugs, but they are not closed in Debian. > > If the bug report is no longer valid, it should be closed. You should > send a message to the bug number, explaining why the bug should be > closed (if this information is not already in the transcript). The bug > will eventually be closed by its owner. Be aware to find unmaintained packages and even developers missing in action (Be aware to find unmaintained packages and even DDs MIA ;-) Those should also be reported to the Quality Assurance, QA, team. Cheers Geert Stappers
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