On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 09:24:50AM +0200, Tina Isaksen wrote: Disclaimer: These are just thoughts of another "novice" and not canonical recommendations. > 1) "reportbug xchat" and > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=pkg&data=xchat&archive=no&version=&dist=unstable > does not give the same output. I have tried to tick various filters (like > exclude fixed) but it seems like the filters doesn't work. Does 'fixed' and > 'archived' mean the bug is closed? (I guess it does since the don't show up > in reportbug) 'fixed' is explained here: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#tags (and it's not 'closed') I'm not sure at what time bugs are archived ... > 2) #278682 is a nice example of an old bug. I cannot reproduce with > current unstable and no one has posted any follow up on it. I would > greatly appreciate an example of the recomended action. I'd write to 278682@bugs.debian.org and say "I cannot reproduce this bug and I suggest closing it." > 3) #199962 is hardly a bug at all and is very old. This should be > closed... right? http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#closing says: Normally, the only people that are allowed to close a bug report are the submitter of the bug and the maintainer(s) of the package against which the bug is filed. There are exceptions to this rule, for example, the bugs filed against unknown packages or certain generic pseudo-packages. When in doubt, don't close bugs, first ask for advice on the debian-devel mailing list. > 5) #203466 is forwarded upstream but the fwd URL is invalid. I cannot > reproduce the problem in current unstable. I would close this bug..? See above. gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ | gpg key ID: 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : infos zur usenet-hierarchie at.*: http://www.usenet.at/ `. `' member of https://www.vibe.at/ | how to reply: http://got.to/quote/ `- NP: Bob Dylan: One of us must know (Sooner or
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