Re: Will my reportbug report be seen?
On Sat 11 Sep 2021 at 12:44:30 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:
> On 2021-09-11 06:27 AM, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 10 Sep 2021 at 20:22:43 -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:
> >
> > > On 2021-09-10 08:15 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 08:10:41PM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Can I just leave this as is? Or can/should I correct it somehow?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, while I was writing that last email, I got another confirmation:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=994068
> > > > >
> > > > > So I'm probably good?
> > > >
> > > > Someone will probably fix up the metadata. But this is an extremely
> > > > poor bug report. It has NO useful details at all.
> > > >
> > > > You're basically relying on someone to go click on the URL you put
> > > > into the subject, read it, analyze it, figure out what it's talking
> > > > about, and then fix up your bug report to be readable.
> > >
> > > Yeah, had I known my bug report would be thrown in the subject, I
> > > would have
> > > changed things up a bit.
> > >
> > > The link that got thrown in the subject provides all the details,
> > > however.
> >
> > The subject line should express as simply as possible what the issue
> > is. In your case it seems to involve stale files. URLs in the body of
> > the mail to *support* the report are OK. A URL that requires some
> > time to read needs thinking about including.
> >
> > You could submit a new (revamped) report and close #994068. Why wait?
>
> Not sure if I can close it or if maintainer needs to:
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-bugs/ch4.en.html
It's your submission; you can close it, In fact, any user can clos
it.
> It doesn't state how the originator of the bug report can close it.
Send a mail to xxxxxx-done@bugs.debian.org. Give a reason for the
closure.
--
Brian.
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