Bug#412033: PTS: extremely noisy when new package closes many bugs
Package: qa.debian.org
X-Debbugs-Cc: era+debian@iki.fi
I am subscribed to some packages via the PTS. For example, I receive
copies of all messages related to the twiki package.
Now, recently, twiki has gone through a number of update cycles where a
lot of bugs have been closed.
<http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/t/twiki/current/changelog>
Version 1:4.0.5-9.1 which was uploaded Tuesday this week closed 12 open
bugs.
Guess twice how many copies of the following message I have received?
From: Debian Bug Tracking System <owner@bugs.debian.org>
To: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#xxxxxx: marked as done (bug title)
I can understand the motivation for detailed reporting to the package
owner and the bug submitter, but I think for the majority of PTS
subscribers just the upload notice would suffice.
(Tangentially, see also #340863)
If
<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s-pkg-tracking-system>
tries to explain how to fix this if you don't like the defaults, then I
don't understand it, and in any event, does the current default really
make sense?
(Opting out from bts-control sounds like it might work, but then do you
lose other less predictable messages, too?)
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