Re: Submit bug reports to Debian or upstream project?

[Kushal Kumaran <kushal@it.iitb.ac.in>]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 10:43:43AM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> Is it preferable to submit a bug report to Debian or to the 
> upstream project? Assume it is not a Debian only package, like 
> GNOME for example.
> 
> I have searched for the answer and found This:
> 
> 	http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
> 	_If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the 
> 	upstream software maintainers yourself, as it is possible 
> 	that the bug exists only in Debian. If necessary, the 
> 	maintainer of the package will forward the bug upstream._
> 
> That does not tell me if it is preferable to submit it to Debian 
> or upstream.
> 

Actually, it looks pretty clear that it *is* indeed preferable to submit
to debian.  Quoting:
  If necessary, the (debian) maintainer of the package will forward the
  bug upstream.

HTH

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Kushal Kumaran                               kushal@it.iitb.ac.in