Re: Reporting unmaintained packages
On Thu 21 Jan 2016 at 22:35:19 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 07:19:00PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 20 Jan 2016 at 20:02:37 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 07:03:33PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > > > A small point: duplicate bugs are merged, not closed. You could do it if
> > > > you are confident in your judgement. A more pertinent point is whether
> > > > you should be concerned yet about a lack of the response. There could
> > > > be a perfectly good reason for it. A year can be but the blink of an
> > > > eyelid in Debian's calendar. :)
> > >
> > > Right, meanwhile the bug submitter is sitting around in the dark
> > > wondering what the story is.
> >
> > So, in addition to what the bug submitter has been told, the following
> > advice is offered . . . . . Well?
>
> A year is a long time to wait for an update on a bug report is what I'm
> saying. Also, I'm under the impression that the bug submitter doesn't
> automatically get sent any responses to the bug report. The reasons,
> apparently, are because developers submit many bugs, some MBF, and don't
> want to be 'swamped' with mail because of it.
>
> So I'm guessing the submitter has to check the bug number from time to
> time to check for any progress.
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